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The surname Matlack

A surname, carried by 1,219 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M342

Matlack: #21,439 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Matlack #21,439, 1,219 people Matlack: #21,439 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Matlack #21,439, 1,219 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matlack is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,219 people named Matlack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,184.

#21,439
rank among US surnames
1,219
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+3%
change since 2000 (was #20,754)

Who is named Matlack

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

93% of people named Matlack identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as two or more races and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Two or more races 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Matlack

Matlack has the Soundex code M342, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M342.

Questions

How common is the surname Matlack?
1,219 people in the United States had the surname Matlack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. It ranked 21,439th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Matlack?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Matlack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Matlack getting more or less common?
More common. 1,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,219 in 2010, up 3.0%.