Matwos Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Matwos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matwos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia491:1,990,7408,024
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Matwos Last Name Facts

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

Matwos is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Matwos.

How Common Is The Last Name Matwos? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,689,253rd most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Matwos are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Other than Ethiopia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matwose924/
Mathwos921/
Mattwos921/
Matwus831/
Matwas831/
Matwoyshe801/
Mattuos7720/
Matwase7711/
Meadwos773/
Mathuos770/
Mathwase713/
Matwasse712/
Mathwash711/
Matwashe711/
Meadwous710/
Matthwus710/
Metwas679/
Matuas674/
Madwas672/
Mathwasse671/
Mathuas626/
Matwach624/
Meadwus624/
Matuase621/
Matuasse571/
Matthuas570/
Mathwaazh531/
Motwaz505/
Madwaj504/
Madwac503/
Medvos501/
Madvus501/

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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 Matwos
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