Materface Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Materface Surname Definition:
A vile corruption of a distinguished Norman surname, "De Martinvast," originally from the neighbourhood of Cherbourg. See Martinvast.
Materface Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
Materface Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A vile corruption of a distinguished Norman surname, "De Martinvast," originally from the neighbourhood of Cherbourg. See Martinvast.
This name has been rendered "modest face;" from Anglo-Saxon mathie, modest. It is rather a corruption of the celebrated Norman surname De Martin vast (found written De Martivas); from the château of Martinvast, near Cherbourg; from German fest, a fortress. compare the surname Standfast; from stein fest, stone fortress. See also Lower, under "Matterface" and "Martinvast."
Materface Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Materface Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Materface is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Materface? popularity and diffusion
Materface is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Materface live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.
This surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Cambridgeshire, where 75 percent reside and Greater London, where 25 percent reside.
Materface Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Materface has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterface | 95 | 88 | / |
| Matierface | 95 | 1 | / |
| Matterfice | 84 | 1 | / |
| Materevs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matterfis | 67 | 16 | / |
| Matterfiss | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mateo Rivas | 60 | 3 | / |
| Matravis | 59 | 1 | / |
| Matarfiz | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mitrovice | 56 | 12 | / |
| Mattravis | 56 | 4 | / |
| Mataravzo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Matravees | 56 | 0 | / |
| Mata-Rivas | 53 | 1 | / |
| Madeira Vaz | 50 | 4 | / |
| Matarruvias | 50 | 1 | / |
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