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The MATTHEW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 6,486 4971 0.002 24
United States (1880 census) 975 5571 0.002 19
Change since 1880 +5511 +600 0 +5
Other Countries
Australia 454 3507 0.003 28
United Kingdom 2,192 2739 0.005 48
Top States for MATTHEW by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 558 5226 0.002 16
New York 558 3559 0.003 29
Florida 535 3923 0.003 33
Texas 478 4565 0.002 23
Pennsylvania 362 4325 0.003 29
Top States for MATTHEW by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alaska 43 2076 0.007 69
Washington DC 31 2025 0.005 54
Louisiana 231 2611 0.005 52
Montana 42 3223 0.005 47
Washington 211 3647 0.004 36

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MATTHEW live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MATTHEW represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MATTHEW in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MATTHEW by picking someone at random in Alaska than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MATTHEW

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MATTHEW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MATTHEW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MATTHEW in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 254 3.92
White (Hispanic) 171 2.64
Mixed Race 170 2.62
Native American/Alaskan 64 0.99
White (Caucasian) 3,885 59.9
Black/African American 1,942 29.94

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MATTHEW surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MATTHEW in historical publications

MATTHEW. This baptismal name, introduced here at the Conquest, has not only become a surname, but the parent of many others: to wit, Mathew, Matthews, IMathews, Matthewson, Matthie, Mathieson, Matson, Mayhew, Mayo, Matts, Matty, Maddy, Madison.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to MATTHEW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MATTHEW.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MATTHEW

The following words are slight variants of MATTHEW that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.