Matvej Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Matvej Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matvej Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia431:124,10322,986
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Matvej (194) may also be a first name.

Matvej Last Name Facts

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

Matvej is borne by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matvej? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matvej is the 2,220,661st most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. Matvej occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Matvej live; 89 percent live in Eastern Europe and 73 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Matvej is also the 651,944th most widespread given name at a global level, borne by 194 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Slovakia, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 124,103. In Slovakia Matvej is most prevalent in: Prešov Region, where 81 percent live, Košice Region, where 12 percent live and Trnava Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Slovakia this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 14 percent live and Russia, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matveja9261/
Matvejo924/
Matve9118/
Matvei83588/
Matvey83251/
Matves8333/
Matvij8327/
Matvie838/
Matver834/
Matvee834/
Mathve831/
Matvuj831/
Mhatve831/
Matvejová8056/
Matvejova801/
Matvija7745/
Matveha7713/
Matveia778/
Matveet774/
Matveey773/
Matvijc772/
Matveus772/
Matvets771/
Matveic771/
Matveyo771/
Matvajs771/
Matveer771/
Mathves771/
Matva7364/
Matvy7317/
Matvi739/
Matbe731/
Matveich7173/
Matveets7142/
Matveyts7113/
Matveyas718/
Matveych716/
Mateheve711/
Matveiss711/
Mathvi6766/
Matvay6742/
Mathue6738/
Matvijová6733/
Matvyi6720/
Matbee6710/
Matber678/
Mathva677/
Matvau672/
Mastvi672/
Matvis671/
Matvyt671/
Matbes671/
Mathbe671/
Matbeh671/
Matvijova671/
Matvoi671/
Matbie670/
Matvoy670/
Matboe670/

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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 Matvej
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