Matheww Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Matheww Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matheww Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matheww (16) may also be a first name.

Matheww Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matheww Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Matheww has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Matheww? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matheww is the 6,360,413th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Matheww are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous forename in the world, borne by 16 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 67 percent live and Lagos, where 33 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

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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 Matheww
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