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    The surname Mattei

    An Italian patronymic surname, carried by 1,830 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M300

    Mattei: #15,889 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mattei #15,889, 1,830 people Mattei: #15,889 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mattei #15,889, 1,830 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mattei is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    A surname from Italian [in turn originating as a patronymic] from Matteo (“Matthew”).

    Mattei is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,830 people named Mattei in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,664.

    #15,889
    rank among US surnames
    1,830
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10%
    change since 2000 (was #16,016)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,883Greenblatt1,831168,621
    #15,889Liebman1,830168,713
    #15,898Risser1,829168,806

    Who is named Mattei

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

    74% of people named Mattei identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mattei

    Mattei has the Soundex code M300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M300.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mattei come from?
    Mattei is Italian in origin.
    How common is the surname Mattei?
    1,830 people in the United States had the surname Mattei in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. It ranked 15,889th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mattei?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Mattei identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Mattei?
    Mattei is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Mattei getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,830 in 2010, up 10%.