Matsumoto Surname

758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 699,729 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Matsumoto Surname Definition:

(Japanese) One who came from Matsumoto (original pine), a town in Japan.

Matsumoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan684,5761:18715
United States6,6031:54,8936,550
Brazil4,5681:46,8641,852
Thailand1,2211:57,8537,102
Hong Kong4221:17,383407
Singapore3601:15,299665
Canada3431:107,42211,548
Philippines1911:530,04360,758
Argentina1541:277,55522,327
Russia1301:1,108,63983,013
Mexico1291:962,21912,860
Australia1211:223,10521,260
Peru921:345,48011,994
Germany921:875,05962,702
England611:913,41146,955
France571:1,165,311123,217
New Zealand481:94,34012,897
Malaysia461:641,17930,740
Northern Mariana Islands441:1,240173
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Chile331:533,83313,415
China271:50,641,5392,733
Italy231:2,658,98696,069
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Belgium211:547,45951,586
Guam211:7,6251,143
Kazakhstan191:930,65856,702
Ecuador171:935,63814,108
Paraguay151:482,4506,463
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Finland111:499,70030,478
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Vietnam61:15,441,0093,090
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Fiji41:223,5982,635
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Matsumoto (469) may also be a first name.

Matsumoto Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Japanese) One who came from Matsumoto (original pine), a town in Japan.

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

Matsumoto Last Name Facts

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

The last name Matsumoto (Russian: Мацумото) occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsumoto? popularity and diffusion

Matsumoto is the 758th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,415 people. The surname Matsumoto occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Matsumoto live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 393,184th most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 469 people.

The surname Matsumoto is most widespread in Japan, where it is held by 684,576 people, or 1 in 187. In Japan Matsumoto is most prevalent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent reside and Saitama Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Other than Japan this last name exists in 93 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Matsumoto Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (50%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Matsumoto surname are 18.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.59% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Matsumoto earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 262.09% more than the national average, earning 1,253,130 kr per year; in Peru they earn 100.18% more than the national average, earning S/. 38,804 per year; in United States they earn 16.95% more than the national average, earning $50,464 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.75% more than the national average, earning $55,522 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Matsumoto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Matsumoto in the Russian language
Мацумотоmacumoto-

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