# Mata (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mata/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 48,120 |
| US rank (2010) | 724 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,416 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (34,888 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mata in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 90% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mata in Vanuatu, Belgium, Portugal, Kingdom of the Netherlands and Italy.

## People named Mata

- Roi Mata, 17th century Melanesian chief
- Clinton Mata, Angolan association football player
- Luís Mata, association football player
- Jayme Mata, Aruban judoka (* 1982)
- Marcos Mata, Argentine basketball player (born 1986)

## Similar surnames

Mota, Mateo, Matta, Matt, Matte, Maeda, Maida, Matteo, Mattei, Mattie, Maday, Matti.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.