# Matos (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/matos/  
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) | 21,258 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,696 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,524 people |
| Change since 2000 | +26% (16,819 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mattos |

## Etymology

* As a Spanish and Galician surname, from the plural of mato (“brushwood”). See Mato. This is also found in Portuguese through placenames from the same noun. Compare De Matos. * As a Hungarian surname, variant of Matus. * As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovak surname Matoš, Máťoš, from a pet form of derivations of the name Matthaeus, see Matthew. This is also found in Slovene.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Matos 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) | 17% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 81% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Matos in Brazil, Argentina, Croatia and the United States.

## People named Matos

- Andre Matos, Brazilian musician (1971–2019)
- Ryder Matos, Brazilian footballer
- Rafael Matos, Brazilian tennis player (born 1996)
- Jeorá Matos Ferreira, Brazilian association football player
- Ian Matos, Brazilian diver
- Raphael Matos, Brazilian open-wheel racing driver
- Mauro Matos, Argentine footballer
- Marin Matoš, association football player
- Jean Wyllys, Brazilian politician, journalist and former federal deputy of Brazil (2011–2019)
- Antonio Fresco, American DJ, music producer, and radio personality

## Similar surnames

Moats, Matz, Mattos, Matus, Mattes, Mattis, Mateos, Matis, Matsui, Moates, Mates, Matthews.

## 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.