Maťaš Surname

661,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Maťaš Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maťaš Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia4411:12,1011,564
Czechia121:886,12273,425
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Maťas (62), Máťaš (17), Maťáš (12), Mataš (6), Matas (17,887), Máťáš (16) & Matás (4) are calculated separately.

Maťaš Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maťaš is borne by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Maťas, Máťaš, Maťáš, Mataš, Matas, Máťáš or Matás. For other potential spellings of Maťaš click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maťaš? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 661,581st most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 16,051,863 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Maťaš reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

Maťaš is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is borne by 441 people, or 1 in 12,101. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Prešov Region, where 51 percent reside, Košice Region, where 41 percent reside and Banská Bystrica Region, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Slovakia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maťas9362/
Máťaš9317/
Maťáš9312/
Mataš936/
Maťaše9143/
Matas8717,887/
Máťáš8716/
Matás804/
Maťaž802/
Matiaš73122/
Matyaš73115/
Matjaš7343/
Mataše7317/
Mateaš732/
Majtaš731/
Matijaš671,181/

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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 Maťaš
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