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    The surname Mata

    A surname, carried by 48,120 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mata is more common than 99.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 48,120 people named Mata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,416 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 34,888.

    #724
    rank among US surnames
    48,120
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.9%
    change since 2000 (was #907)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #715Russo48,6966,340
    #716Villegas48,5996,353
    #717Hobbs48,5226,363
    #718Keith48,4876,368
    #719Wilkerson48,4446,373
    #720Ahmed48,3196,390
    #721Beard48,2076,405

    Who is named Mata

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Mata identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Matas

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Roi Mata
      17th century Melanesian chief, 1300–1300
    • Clinton Mata
      Angolan association football player, born 1992
    • Luís Mata
      Association football player, born 1997
    • Jayme Mata
      Aruban judoka (* 1982)
    • Marcos Mata
      Argentine basketball player (born 1986)

    Notable Matas come mostly from Vanuatu (1), Belgium (1) and Portugal (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mata

    Mata has the Soundex code M300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mata?
    48,120 people in the United States had the surname Mata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,416 Americans. It ranked 724th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mata?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Mata identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mata?
    Roi Mata, 17th century Melanesian chief, followed by Clinton Mata.
    Where is the surname Mata most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mata in Vanuatu, Belgium and Portugal and 2 other countries.
    Is the surname Mata getting more or less common?
    More common. 34,888 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,120 in 2010, up 38%.