How common is the surname Matis?

1,495 people in the United States had the surname Matis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. It ranked 18,486th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Matis?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Matis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Matis getting more or less common?

More common. 1,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,495 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Matis

A surname, carried by 1,495 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matis is more common than 88.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,495 people named Matis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,307.

#18,486

rank among US surnames

1,495

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+14.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,208)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,478	Melnyk	1,496	206,381
#18,486	Newhall	1,495	206,519

Who is named Matis

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

82% of people named Matis identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
Two or more races 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Matis

Matis 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 Matis?: 1,495 people in the United States had the surname Matis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. It ranked 18,486th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Matis?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Matis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Matis getting more or less common?: More common. 1,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,495 in 2010, up 14%.