Matthys Surname
Approximately 12,912 people bear this surname
Matthys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 5,394 | 1:2,131 | 157 |
| South Africa | 3,975 | 1:13,630 | 1,712 |
| United States | 1,435 | 1:252,585 | 23,981 |
| France | 591 | 1:112,390 | 16,839 |
| Namibia | 492 | 1:4,897 | 916 |
| Botswana | 458 | 1:4,775 | 730 |
| Switzerland | 215 | 1:38,200 | 5,495 |
| Canada | 113 | 1:326,067 | 29,799 |
| Australia | 74 | 1:364,807 | 30,412 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Matthys (8,660) may also be a first name.
Matthys Demographics
Average Matthys Salary in
United States
$46,314 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Matthys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matthys Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matthys is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matthys? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matthys is the 40,571st most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 564,401 people. The last name Matthys is predominantly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Matthys are found; 48 percent are found in Western Europe and 38 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Matthys is also the 67,441st most frequent forename internationally, held by 8,660 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is held by 5,394 people, or 1 in 2,131. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 81 percent live, Walloon Region, where 12 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Belgium this last name is found in 40 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Matthys Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Matthys has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Matthys last name expanded 6,239 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Matthys Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Matthys surname are 17.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.12% registered with the party.
The amount Matthys earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 27.22% less than the national average, earning R 172,956 per year; in United States they earn 7.34% more than the national average, earning $46,314 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.26% more than the national average, earning $52,793 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 Matthys
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