Matías Surname
Approximately 591 people bear this surname
Matías Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 215 | 1:16,512 | 646 |
| Dominican Republic | 154 | 1:67,746 | 3,226 |
| Spain | 94 | 1:497,362 | 25,035 |
| Mexico | 50 | 1:2,482,524 | 20,876 |
| Guatemala | 18 | 1:893,482 | 5,244 |
| Panama | 15 | 1:260,817 | 6,584 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
The alternate forms: Matias (416,607), Matiaš (122), Mátias (2), Matiaś (1) & Matiaş (1) are calculated separately.
Matías (2,475) may also be a first name.
Matías Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matías Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matías occurs more in Puerto Rico more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Matias, Matiaš, Mátias, Matiaś or Matiaş. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Matías? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 542,751st most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Matías reside; 62 percent reside in Caribbean and 62 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 148,517th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 2,475 people.
This last name is most common in Puerto Rico, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 16,512. In Puerto Rico Matías is primarily concentrated in: San Juan, where 76 percent are found, Carolina, where 15 percent are found and Caguas, where 3 percent are found. Barring Puerto Rico this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 26 percent are found and Spain, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Matías
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