Matovka Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Matovka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matovka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine371:1,230,343106,187
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

The alternate forms: Maťovka (51) are calculated separately.

Matovka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matovka (Russian: Матьовка) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Maťovka. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matovka? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,605,694th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Matovka live; 76 percent live in Eastern Europe and 73 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 1,230,343. In Ukraine Matovka is most prevalent in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 97 percent are found and Chernihiv Oblast, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Ukraine it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 20 percent are found and Russia, where 5 percent are found.

Matovka Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maťovka9551/
Matevka86258/
Matavka8621/
Maťavka7131/
Matevko7110/
Matafka716/
Matewka711/
Maitawka675/
Matowkki671/
Motevko5711/
Motewka572/
Motoswki531/

Matovka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Matovka in the Russian language
Матьовкаmatovka-

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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 Matovka
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