Matje Surname
Approximately 371 people bear this surname
Matje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 125 | 1:2,899,671 | 170,778 |
| South Africa | 78 | 1:694,586 | 49,962 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Austria | 41 | 1:207,694 | 25,759 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Mätje (29) are calculated separately.
Matje (147) may also be a first name.
Matje Demographics
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Matje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matje is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Mätje. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 767,694th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Matje live; 34 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in Anglo-North America. Matje is also the 760,591st most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 147 people.
The last name Matje is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 2,899,671. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 38 percent are found, Iowa, where 23 percent are found and California, where 16 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 16 percent are found.
Matje Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Matje last name are 46.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 93.75% registered with the party.
The amount Matje earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 53.04% less than the national average, earning R 111,600 per year and in United States they earn 21.23% less than the national average, earning $33,989 USD per year.
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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 Matje
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