Matlock Surname

31,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,061 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Matlock Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Matlock (oak where a meeting was held).

Matlock Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States16,1091:22,5002,825
Canada4381:84,1229,355
England3131:178,01316,129
Australia751:359,94330,133
Israel221:388,98331,283
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Nicaragua61:1,003,5154,885
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Greenland11:56,3791,133
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1551:157,26013,677
Wales81:196,0527,186
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1111:23,7892,959

Matlock (54) may also be a first name.

Matlock Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Matlock (oak where a meeting was held).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Matlock Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matlock (Arabic: ماتلوك) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matlock? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 31,304th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 427,146 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Matlock live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 54 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 16,109 people, or 1 in 22,500. In The United States Matlock is most frequent in: Texas, where 16 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Missouri, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 39 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Matlock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Matlock has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Matlock surname expanded 763 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 202 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Matlock Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Matlock surname are 10.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.49% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Matlock earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 10.23% less than the national average, earning R 213,336 per year; in United States they earn 7.49% less than the national average, earning $39,916 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.21% less than the national average, earning $47,590 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mattlock9360/
Matlouck931/
Matlosck931/
Matloock931/
Matlocck931/
Matlocks931/
Meatlock930/
Matlok92354/
Matloc922/
D'Matlock881/
Matlack861,943/
Metlock8654/
Matlokh8622/
Motlock868/
Matlouk864/
Matloke861/
Matloct861/
Matlook860/
Mattlack801/
Mottlock801/
Matloukh801/
Mettlock801/
Matlacks801/
Matlak773,030/
Matlák77696/
Matłok77382/
Motlok7748/
Metlok776/
Matlox774/
Matlac773/
Matlog771/
Matlakh71384/
Matliak71277/
Matlake7192/
Motlokh7169/
Matlyak7138/
Metlouk716/
Matloug715/
Motloke715/
Metlack712/
Meitloc711/
Mattlak710/
Mathlake67138/
Mmatlake671/
Matlaake671/

Matlock Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Matlock in the Arabic language
ماتلوكmatlwk-

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Matlock Reference & Research

Medlock DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Medlock FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
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  • 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 Matlock
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