Mattehew Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Mattehew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mattehew Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Mattehew (28) may also be a first name.

Mattehew Last Name Facts

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

Mattehew is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mattehew? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Mattehew occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mattehew live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mattehew is also the 1,994,417th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 28 people.

Mattehew is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 33 percent live, Lagos, where 33 percent live and Ondo, where 33 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matthiew8824/
Mathiew80413/
Matheuw8019/
Mattiew8012/
Matihew807/
Matteuw805/
Mattjew801/
Matjhew801/
Mathyew801/
Mattjews754/
Matiew7116/
Mateuw716/
Matjew712/
Mattiev6730/
Methiew6710/
Metheuw676/
Matijew675/
Mataeev672/
Matyews671/
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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 Mattehew
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