Matelus Surname

858,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Matelus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matelus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti3071:34,8012,385
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

The alternate forms: Matélus (1) are calculated separately.

Matelus (15) may also be a first name.

Matelus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matelus Come From? nationality or country of origin

Matelus occurs more in Haiti more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Matélus. Click here for further potential spellings of Matelus.

How Common Is The Last Name Matelus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matelus is the 858,879th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Matelus are found; 97 percent are found in Caribbean and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 15 people.

Matelus is most widely held in Haiti, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 34,801. In Haiti Matelus is mostly concentrated in: Ouest, where 99 percent reside, Centre, where 0 percent reside and Nord, where 0 percent reside. Barring Haiti Matelus exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Matelus
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