Mateye Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Mateye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 48 | 1:215,325 | 19,968 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Mateye (78) may also be a first name.
Mateye Demographics
Average Mateye Salary in
South Africa
R 32,820
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mateye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mateye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mateye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺗﻰ) is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mateye.
How Common Is The Last Name Mateye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,871,545th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mateye live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mateye is also the 1,091,646th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 78 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 215,325. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 88 percent live, Littoral Department, where 10 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 2 percent live. Aside from Benin this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and South Africa, where 12 percent live.
Mateye Last Name Statistics demography
Mateye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.19% less than the national average, earning R 32,820 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mateye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mateye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺗﻰ | maty | - |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mateye
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