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    The surname Mathes

    A surname, carried by 6,553 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M320

    Mathes: #5,319 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mathes #5,319, 6,553 people Mathes: #5,319 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mathes #5,319, 6,553 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mathes is more common than 96.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,553 people named Mathes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,115 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,468.

    #5,319
    rank among US surnames
    6,553
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,983)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,315Mallett6,55647,094
    #5,316Barcia6,55547,101
    #5,317McCleary6,55447,108
    #5,319Giese6,55347,115

    Who is named Mathes

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

    87% of people named Mathes identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mathes

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mathes?
    6,553 people in the United States had the surname Mathes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,115 Americans. It ranked 5,319th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mathes?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Mathes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Mathes getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,553 in 2010, up 1.3%.