Mates Surname
Approximately 7,342 people bear this surname
Mates Surname Definition:
Prob. = Matts, q.v.
Mates Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 2,954 | 1:6,797 | 903 |
| United States | 893 | 1:405,889 | 35,401 |
| Philippines | 839 | 1:120,665 | 20,776 |
| Brazil | 641 | 1:333,969 | 12,850 |
| Spain | 418 | 1:111,847 | 8,870 |
| England | 289 | 1:192,796 | 17,040 |
| Israel | 244 | 1:35,072 | 4,895 |
| Czechia | 213 | 1:49,922 | 8,359 |
| Australia | 170 | 1:158,798 | 16,605 |
| Canada | 96 | 1:383,808 | 34,152 |
| Germany | 78 | 1:1,032,121 | 70,345 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Ireland | 49 | 1:96,101 | 5,242 |
| Croatia | 37 | 1:114,287 | 17,308 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,804 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Colombia | 19 | 1:2,514,425 | 13,479 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Kosovo | 4 | 1:465,467 | 10,032 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 62 | 1:71,449 | 5,226 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 118 | 1:206,571 | 16,235 |
| Wales | 26 | 1:60,324 | 2,968 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 1:13,567 | 1,192 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 192 | 1:261,556 | 21,457 |
The alternate forms: Mateş (540), Mateș (250), Mateš (43), Matés (10), Mateś (1), Mátés (281) & Măteș (4) are calculated separately.
Mates (506) may also be a first name.
Mates Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Prob. = Matts, q.v.
Mates Demographics
Average Male Mates Height
175.61 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mates Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mates Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mates (Hindi: मटेस, Marathi: मतेस, Russian: Матес) is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Mateş, Mateș, Mateš, Matés, Mateś, Mátés or Măteș. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mates? popularity and diffusion
Mates is the 67,740th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 992,583 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Mates reside; 44 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 40 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 376,409th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 506 people.
The last name Mates is most common in Romania, where it is borne by 2,954 people, or 1 in 6,797. In Romania Mates is mostly found in: Alba County, where 20 percent reside, Arad County, where 17 percent reside and Cluj County, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Romania it exists in 62 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside and The Philippines, where 11 percent reside.
Mates Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mates has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mates last name grew 465 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 245 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 21 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 12 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mates Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mates last name is chiefly Anglican (77%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Mates surname are 5.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.29% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mates earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 25.2% less than the national average, earning R 177,756 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.41% less than the national average, earning $20,792,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.21% more than the national average, earning $49,279 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.27% more than the national average, earning $53,792 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mates Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mates in the Marathi language | ||
| मतेस | matesa | 94.96 |
| मत | mata | 1.55 |
| माटेस | matesa | 0.78 |
| मातेस | matesa | 0.78 |
| मतेश | matesa | 0.39 |
| मनेस | manesa | 0.39 |
| मतेष | matesa | 0.39 |
| Mates in the Hindi language | ||
| मटेस | matesa | 50 |
| मतेस | matesa | 50 |
| Mates in the Russian language | ||
| Матес | mates | - |
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Mates Reference & Research
Meates One-name Study - A profile of the Meates surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.
Meates FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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