Metthews Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Wales

Metthews Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metthews Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Wales41:773,63329,106
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Metthews (52) may also be a first name.

Metthews Last Name Facts

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

The surname Metthews is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Metthews? popularity and diffusion

The surname Metthews is the 3,730,171st most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Metthews are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held forename globally, held by 52 people.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Free State, where 64 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 29 percent live and Western Cape, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Wales, where 14 percent live.

Metthews Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Metthews has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Metthews surname grew 267 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Metthews Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Metthews earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 71.96% less than the national average, earning R 66,636 per year and in United States they earn 50.61% less than the national average, earning $21,312 USD per year.

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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 Metthews
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