Matvejevs Surname
Approximately 849 people bear this surname
Matvejevs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 820 | 1:2,500 | 312 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Matvejevs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matvejevs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matvejevs is more commonly found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matvejevs? popularity and diffusion
Matvejevs is the 411,077th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,583,682 people. The surname Matvejevs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Matvejevs live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Baltic Europe.
Matvejevs is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is carried by 820 people, or 1 in 2,500. In Latvia it is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 59 percent are found, Latgale, where 19 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 12 percent are found. Other than Latvia this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matvejev | 94 | 410 | / |
| Matvejeva | 89 | 1,583 | / |
| Matveev | 88 | 118,249 | / |
| Matvejv | 88 | 3 | / |
| Matveyev | 82 | 276 | / |
| Matvijev | 82 | 12 | / |
| Matveiev | 82 | 10 | / |
| Maveev | 80 | 15 | / |
| Matveyeva | 78 | 185 | / |
| Matvejeff | 78 | 20 | / |
| Matvieiev | 78 | 7 | / |
| Matveieva | 78 | 4 | / |
| Matveicev | 78 | 2 | / |
| Matvajeva | 78 | 1 | / |
| Matvejova | 78 | 1 | / |
| Matveihev | 78 | 1 | / |
| Motveev | 75 | 173 | / |
| Matvyev | 75 | 148 | / |
| Matviev | 75 | 26 | / |
| Matveiv | 75 | 10 | / |
| Matveef | 75 | 7 | / |
| Matveyv | 75 | 4 | / |
| Maiveev | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mahveev | 75 | 2 | / |
| Matveeff | 71 | 31 | / |
| Matveief | 71 | 7 | / |
| Matvayev | 71 | 4 | / |
| Matvijov | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mayveyev | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matvijiv | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matvysev | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maviev | 67 | 42 | / |
| Matveyeff | 67 | 20 | / |
| Matveieff | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mavyev | 67 | 13 | / |
| Motveyeva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mavaev | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moveev | 67 | 2 | / |
| Matveychv | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Matvejevs
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