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    The surname Mathai

    A surname, carried by 1,618 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M300

    Mathai: #17,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mathai #17,432, 1,618 people Mathai: #17,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mathai #17,432, 1,618 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mathai is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,618 people named Mathai in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,819 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,316.

    #17,432
    rank among US surnames
    1,618
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,118)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,428Heppner1,619190,701
    #17,432Marzano1,618190,819
    #17,441Canipe1,617190,937

    Who is named Mathai

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

    90% of people named Mathai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mathai

    Mathai 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 Mathai?
    1,618 people in the United States had the surname Mathai in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,819 Americans. It ranked 17,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mathai?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Mathai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Mathai getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,618 in 2010, up 23%.