Mattheus Surname
Approximately 3,630 people bear this surname
Mattheus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,062 | 1:51,015 | 6,474 |
| Belgium | 907 | 1:12,675 | 1,904 |
| Germany | 693 | 1:116,169 | 14,295 |
| United States | 472 | 1:767,921 | 59,720 |
| Argentina | 92 | 1:464,602 | 34,717 |
| Australia | 73 | 1:369,804 | 30,692 |
| Netherlands | 67 | 1:252,047 | 32,252 |
| Namibia | 41 | 1:58,766 | 6,768 |
| Thailand | 38 | 1:1,858,904 | 228,660 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 19 | 1:233,151 | 10,389 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 238 | 1:211,003 | 18,126 |
The alternate forms: Matthëus (1) are calculated separately.
Mattheus (6,621) may also be a first name.
Mattheus Demographics
Mattheus Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Mattheus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mattheus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mattheus is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Matthëus. Click here for further potential spellings of Mattheus.
How Common Is The Last Name Mattheus? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 125,404th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,007,588 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 48 percent of Mattheus reside; 46 percent reside in Western Europe and 45 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 80,443rd most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 6,621 people.
The last name Mattheus is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 1,062 people, or 1 in 51,015. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 29 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and Western Cape, where 22 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 25 percent live and Germany, where 19 percent live.
Mattheus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mattheus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mattheus last name rose 198 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 141 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mattheus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mattheus surname is chiefly Anglican (68%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Mattheus surname are 35.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mattheus earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 53.03% more than the national average, earning R 363,660 per year; in United States they earn 9.02% more than the national average, earning $47,042 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.7% more than the national average, earning $61,957 CAD 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 Mattheus
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