Mateus Surname
Approximately 396,410 people bear this surname
Mateus Surname User-submission:
Variant of Matthews: Latino
Matthews Name Meaning. English: patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish (Ulster and County Louth): used as an Americanized form of McMahon.
Read More About This SurnameMateus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 230,714 | 1:117 | 15 |
| Brazil | 68,849 | 1:3,109 | 276 |
| Mozambique | 48,203 | 1:566 | 119 |
| Colombia | 20,201 | 1:2,365 | 443 |
| Portugal | 16,588 | 1:628 | 110 |
| Namibia | 3,785 | 1:637 | 70 |
| France | 1,688 | 1:39,350 | 4,899 |
| Ecuador | 1,616 | 1:9,843 | 1,596 |
| United States | 1,052 | 1:344,543 | 30,976 |
| Venezuela | 595 | 1:50,763 | 2,510 |
| Spain | 521 | 1:89,735 | 7,546 |
| Canada | 346 | 1:106,490 | 11,455 |
| South Africa | 219 | 1:247,387 | 25,203 |
| England | 218 | 1:255,587 | 20,554 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Indonesia | 183 | 1:722,673 | 55,771 |
| Israel | 166 | 1:51,552 | 6,766 |
| Switzerland | 148 | 1:55,493 | 7,113 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 139 | 1:1,276 | 178 |
| Peru | 106 | 1:299,850 | 11,281 |
| Argentina | 100 | 1:427,434 | 32,472 |
| Cape Verde | 92 | 1:5,757 | 220 |
| Uruguay | 84 | 1:40,854 | 4,668 |
| Russia | 70 | 1:2,058,901 | 127,116 |
| Philippines | 67 | 1:1,511,018 | 105,084 |
| Mexico | 54 | 1:2,298,633 | 20,081 |
| Belgium | 43 | 1:267,364 | 32,244 |
| Netherlands | 42 | 1:402,076 | 42,431 |
| Haiti | 41 | 1:260,583 | 8,998 |
| Panama | 32 | 1:122,258 | 4,322 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Macau | 6 | 1:100,272 | 488 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Mateuš (48), Mateûs (1), Mâteus (1) & Matéüs (1) are calculated separately.
Mateus (430,483) may also be a first name.
Mateus Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Variant of Matthews: Latino
Matthews Name Meaning. English: patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish (Ulster and County Louth): used as an Americanized form of McMahon.
- kristinbirdMateus Demographics
Average Mateus Salary in
United States
$46,956 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mateus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mateus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mateus (Georgian: მათეუს, Russian: Матэус) occurs in Angola more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Mateuš, Mateûs, Mâteus or Matéüs. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mateus? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,366th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 18,384 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Mateus live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Mateus is also the 2,376th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 430,483 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Angola, where it is held by 230,714 people, or 1 in 117. Other than Angola this last name is found in 89 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 17 percent live and Mozambique, where 12 percent live.
Mateus Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Mateus surname are 42.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.45% being registered with the party.
The amount Mateus earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 38.95% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,935 per year; in South Africa they earn 44.69% more than the national average, earning R 343,836 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.09% more than the national average, earning $25,219,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.82% more than the national average, earning $46,956 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.75% more than the national average, earning $52,538 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mateus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mateus in the Georgian language | ||
| მათეუს | mateus | - |
| Mateus in the Russian language | ||
| Матэус | mateus | - |
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