How common is the surname Mate?

1,071 people in the United States had the surname Mate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,278 Americans. It ranked 23,662nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mate?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Mate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mate getting more or less common?

More common. 1,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,071 in 2010, up 5.5%.

Is Mate also a first name?

Yes. Mate is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Mate

A surname, carried by 1,071 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M300 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mate is more common than 85.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,071 people named Mate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,278 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,015.

#23,662

rank among US surnames

1,071

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #23,372)

Who is named Mate

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

80% of people named Mate identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mate

Mate 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 Mate?: 1,071 people in the United States had the surname Mate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,278 Americans. It ranked 23,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mate?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Mate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mate getting more or less common?: More common. 1,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,071 in 2010, up 5.5%.
Is Mate also a first name?: Yes. Mate is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.