Mátay Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Mátay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mátay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary2051:47,8845,129
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Matay (1,920) are calculated separately.

Mátay Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mátay is found in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Matay. For other potential spellings of Mátay click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mátay? popularity and diffusion

Mátay is the 1,155,901st most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mátay reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

It is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 47,884. In Hungary Mátay is mostly concentrated in: Komárom-Esztergom County, where 30 percent are found, Budapest, where 17 percent are found and Zala County, where 17 percent are found. Barring Hungary this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 0 percent are found and Slovakia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matay931,920/
Máthay9113/
Motay80501/
Mátai80184/
Mátha801/
Mátyi801/
Mataya7314,544/
Matayo735,359/
Matayi731,966/
Mathay731,225/
Maitay73549/
Mothay73497/
Meitay73444/
Mottay73288/
Matays73232/
Motayo73199/
Mastay73157/
Mattay73142/
Mohtay73106/
Mataye73101/
Meatay7358/
Motaye7355/
Mahtay7341/
Motayi7332/
Motaya7331/
Moitay7322/
Mataiy7320/
Mojtay7316/
Matajy7315/
Mautay7311/
Maytay736/
Matayu736/
Mátych735/
Matahy734/
Motayy733/
Moutay733/
Majtay732/
Mostay731/
Mataay731/
Moytay731/
Mátoha731/
Matgay730/
Mata67427,997/
Mota67418,413/
Mathayo6738,777/
Máté6713,595/
Maty676,297/
Moty67856/
Matayas67554/
Mathayi67536/
Meitaya67388/
Moithay67256/
Moutaye67141/
Matthay67123/
Mootaye6786/
Motayed6778/
Máte6767/
Maitaya6765/
Mataiyo6759/
Machtay6739/
Masthay6738/
Mahatay6735/
Mathaya6731/
Mattaya6729/
Mattayi6728/
Mautaya6725/
Meithay6724/
Matayis6723/
Matauya6719/
Meataye6718/
Mastaya6717/
Moutaya6715/
Maithay6714/
Mathays6713/
Mothayi6711/
Matayes679/
Matayat679/
Máťa677/
Mothaya676/
Maathay676/
Mattayo676/
Mattays675/
Matayos675/
Mootaya675/
Mathaiy674/
Maitaiy674/
Matayah674/
Motayah674/
Matayou674/
Matayeh674/
Maitayi673/
Mathaye673/
Motayat673/
Mataysh672/
Moutayi672/
Mataaya672/
Mottaya672/
Maitayu671/
Matahyo671/
Matayyi671/
Mastayy671/
Mhataye671/
Moothay671/
Matayij671/
Matayus671/
Matahyi671/
Mashtay671/
Maaitay671/
Maitaye671/
Mahtayi671/
Mostaya671/
Máti671/
Mátéova671/
Măta671/
Mattaye671/
Mottayi671/
Mothaye671/
Masttay671/
Matahey671/
Matayee671/

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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 Mátay
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