# Matheny (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/matheny/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,595 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,128 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,922 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (8,369 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mathenia |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Matheny, perhap a habitational surname from a place called Mathenay.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Matheny in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Metheny, Matheney, Mathena, Matney, Medina, Madden, Mouton, Moten, Moton, Maiden, Mitton, Madonna.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.