# Matsui (surname)

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

A surname from Japanese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,059 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,852 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 291,544 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (1,044 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 松井 (Matsui).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Matsui 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) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 82% |
| Two or more races | 10% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Matsui in the United States.

## People named Matsui

- Doris Matsui, American politician (born 1944)
- Robert Matsui, American politician (1941–2005)

## Similar surnames

Matos, Moats, Matz, Mattos, Matus, Mattes, Mattis, Mattice, Mateos, Matis, Mates, Mathis.

## 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.