Matera Surname
Approximately 17,349 people bear this surname
Matera Surname User-submission:
Matera is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Matera in the Italian region Basilicata, province of Matera, with about 60,524 inhabitants.
Matera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 8,875 | 1:6,891 | 921 |
| Poland | 1,821 | 1:20,872 | 3,133 |
| United States | 1,805 | 1:200,808 | 19,745 |
| India | 1,335 | 1:574,581 | 28,017 |
| France | 427 | 1:155,557 | 24,136 |
| Argentina | 364 | 1:117,427 | 9,911 |
| Brazil | 285 | 1:751,138 | 27,388 |
| Germany | 250 | 1:322,022 | 32,234 |
| Venezuela | 238 | 1:126,908 | 4,196 |
| Tanzania | 213 | 1:248,552 | 20,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 211 | 1:73,167 | 10,843 |
| Ukraine | 150 | 1:303,485 | 38,645 |
| Australia | 143 | 1:188,781 | 18,817 |
| Kenya | 139 | 1:332,229 | 20,203 |
| Albania | 128 | 1:22,766 | 3,844 |
| South Africa | 127 | 1:426,596 | 36,772 |
| Canada | 107 | 1:344,351 | 31,229 |
| Philippines | 85 | 1:1,191,038 | 93,973 |
| Palestine | 81 | 1:56,159 | 5,413 |
| Czechia | 65 | 1:163,592 | 24,859 |
| Colombia | 60 | 1:796,235 | 8,422 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Switzerland | 49 | 1:167,611 | 15,447 |
| Spain | 37 | 1:1,263,569 | 42,239 |
| Jordan | 36 | 1:245,623 | 10,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uruguay | 19 | 1:180,619 | 14,948 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
The alternate forms: Matéra (1) are calculated separately.
Matera (1,089) may also be a first name.
Matera Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Matera is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Matera in the Italian region Basilicata, province of Matera, with about 60,524 inhabitants.
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Average Matera Salary in
United States
$52,611 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Matera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matera (Arabic: ماتيرا, Hindi: मतेरा, Marathi: मातेरा, Russian: Матера) is held by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Matéra. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matera? popularity and diffusion
Matera is the 30,776th most widespread surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 420,056 people. The last name Matera is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Matera are found; 51 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 51 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 241,864th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 1,089 people.
The last name Matera is most commonly held in Italy, where it is held by 8,875 people, or 1 in 6,891. In Italy it is most frequent in: Apulia, where 48 percent live, Lombardy, where 11 percent live and Basilicata, where 9 percent live. Barring Italy this last name occurs in 61 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Matera Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Matera last name are 3.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.43% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Matera earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 16.51% less than the national average, earning €25,072 per year; in South Africa they earn 63.09% less than the national average, earning R 87,708 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.38% more than the national average, earning $26,195,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 21.93% more than the national average, earning $52,611 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.79% more than the national average, earning $58,024 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matera in the Marathi language | ||
| मातेरा | matera | 96.94 |
| मातेर | matera | 0.88 |
| मातेश | matesa | 0.58 |
| मतेरा | matera | 0.44 |
| माटेरा | matera | 0.39 |
| मानेरा | manera | 0.29 |
| गातेरा | gatera | 0.1 |
| मातेय | mateya | 0.1 |
| मातेरे | matere | 0.1 |
| मारेरा | marera | 0.1 |
| Matera in the Hindi language | ||
| मतेरा | matera | 50 |
| मटेरा | matera | 50 |
| Matera in the Russian language | ||
| Матера | matera | - |
| Matera in the Arabic language | ||
| ماتيرا | matyra | - |
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