Matthee Surname
Approximately 8,624 people bear this surname
Matthee Surname Definition:
Corruption of Matthew in Dutch.
Matthee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8,111 | 1:6,680 | 864 |
| Netherlands | 165 | 1:102,347 | 16,582 |
| Germany | 62 | 1:1,298,475 | 82,291 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Belgium | 41 | 1:280,406 | 33,354 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Matthée (44) & Mattheë (1) are calculated separately.
Matthee (55) may also be a first name.
Matthee Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Corruption of Matthew in Dutch.
Matthee Demographics
Matthee Political Affiliation
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Matthee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matthee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matthee (Hindi: मत्थी) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Matthée or Mattheë. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matthee? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 58,607th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 845,031 people. Matthee occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Matthee live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Matthee is also the 1,336,256th most frequent given name throughout the world, borne by 55 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 8,111 people, or 1 in 6,680. In South Africa Matthee is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 45 percent live, Gauteng, where 23 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent live. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
Matthee Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Matthee last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Matthee earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 34.98% more than the national average, earning R 320,772 per year; in United States they earn 50.33% more than the national average, earning $64,868 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.04% less than the national average, earning $49,167 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Matthee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Matthee in the Hindi language | ||
| मत्थी | mat'thi | - |
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