Matiu Surname
Approximately 4,420 people bear this surname
Matiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,193 | 1:55,478 | 4,207 |
| Romania | 679 | 1:29,570 | 3,784 |
| Kenya | 123 | 1:375,446 | 21,575 |
| New Zealand | 88 | 1:51,458 | 8,272 |
| Colombia | 81 | 1:589,803 | 7,502 |
| Malaysia | 63 | 1:468,162 | 23,720 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Matiu (989) may also be a first name.
Matiu Demographics
Matiu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Matiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matiu (Hindi: मतीउ, Marathi: माितऊ, Oriya: ମାଟିଉ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Matiu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matiu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 105,871st most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,648,766 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Matiu live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Matiu is also the 256,075th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 989 people.
The surname Matiu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,193 people, or 1 in 55,478. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Borno, where 91 percent reside, Niger, where 2 percent reside and Katsina, where 1 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 15 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.
Matiu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (72%) in Nigeria.
Matiu earn a lot less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 41.17% less than the national average, earning $13,355,000 COP per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matiu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matiu in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଟିଉ | mati'u | - |
| Matiu in the Marathi language | ||
| माितऊ | maita'u | - |
| Matiu in the Hindi language | ||
| मतीउ | mati'u | 70.59 |
| मतिउ | mati'u | 11.76 |
| मतिु | matiu | 5.88 |
| मतई | mata'i | 5.88 |
| मतीऊ | mati'u | 5.88 |
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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
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- 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 Matiu
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