How common is the surname Matera?

1,235 people in the United States had the surname Matera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. It ranked 21,237th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Matera?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Matera identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Matera?

Pablo Matera, Argentine rugby union footballer.

Where is the surname Matera most common?

Wikidata records people named Matera in Argentina.

Is the surname Matera getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,235 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Matera

A surname, carried by 1,235 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matera is more common than 86.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,235 people named Matera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,263.

#21,237

rank among US surnames

1,235

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,734)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,228	Corle	1,236	249,794
#21,237	Tillson	1,235	249,996

Who is named Matera

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

96% of people named Matera identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Materas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pablo Matera
Argentine rugby union footballer, born 1993

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Matera

Matera has the Soundex code M360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M360.

Questions

How common is the surname Matera?: 1,235 people in the United States had the surname Matera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. It ranked 21,237th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Matera?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Matera identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Matera?: Pablo Matera, Argentine rugby union footballer.
Where is the surname Matera most common?: Wikidata records people named Matera in Argentina.
Is the surname Matera getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,235 in 2010, down 2.2%.