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    The surname Mates

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 558 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M320

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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). Mates is more common than 75.7% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté. * Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 558 people named Mates in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. That is down 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 697.

    #39,419
    rank among US surnames
    558
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -19.9%
    change since 2000 (was #31,426)

    Who is named Mates

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

    82% of people named Mates identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mates

    Mates has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mates come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté. * Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).
    How common is the surname Mates?
    558 people in the United States had the surname Mates in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. It ranked 39,419th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mates?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Mates identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mates getting more or less common?
    Less common. 697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 558 in 2010, down 20%.