# Mathews (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 51,592 |
| US rank (2010) | 663 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,984 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (50,608 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mathews 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mathews in the United States and Australia.

## People named Mathews

- Kerwin Mathews, American actor (1926–2007)
- Gregory Macalister Mathews, Australian amateur ornithologist (1876–1949)
- Marlene Mathews, Australian sprinter
- Thom Mathews, American actor
- Garrison Mathews, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (1953–1984)
- Harry Mathews, American author (1930 – 2017)
- Eddie Mathews, American baseball player and coach (1931–2001)
- Harlan Mathews, American politician (1927–2014)
- Max Mathews, American pioneer in computer music
- F. David Mathews, American academic and politician
- Travis Mathews, American film director and screenwriter

and 10 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Matthews, Mathis, Mathias, Mathes, Matthias, Matthes, Matthies, Matthys, Matos, Matias, Mattos, Matus.

## 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.