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
Matroos is most common in South Africa. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Matroos click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matroos? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matroos is the 99,510th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,532,285 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Matroos live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 17 people.
This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 4,025 people, or 1 in 13,460. In South Africa Matroos is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 35 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 34 percent live and Northern Cape, where 14 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found 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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