Matroos Surname
Approximately 4,756 people bear this surname
Matroos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4,025 | 1:13,460 | 1,691 |
| Namibia | 568 | 1:4,242 | 777 |
| Suriname | 64 | 1:8,635 | 2,172 |
| Netherlands | 55 | 1:307,040 | 36,360 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Matroos (17) may also be a first name.
Matroos Demographics
Average Matroos Salary in
England
£22,330
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Matroos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matroos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matroos occurs most in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matroos? popularity and diffusion
Matroos is the 99,510th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,532,285 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Matroos reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Matroos is also the 2,694,839th most numerous given name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.
It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,025 people, or 1 in 13,460. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 35 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 34 percent live and Northern Cape, where 14 percent live. Aside from South Africa it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 12 percent live and Suriname, where 1 percent live.
Matroos Last Name Statistics demography
Matroos earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.65% less than the national average, earning R 136,296 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 Matroos
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