How common is the surname Matter?

2,870 people in the United States had the surname Matter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,577 Americans. It ranked 11,069th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Matter?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Matter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Matter?

Herbert Matter, American photographer and graphic designer (1907-1984).

Where is the surname Matter most common?

Wikidata records people named Matter in the United States.

Is the surname Matter getting more or less common?

More common. 2,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,870 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Matter

A surname, carried by 2,870 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matter is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,870 people named Matter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,577 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,851.

#11,069

rank among US surnames

2,870

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,350)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,061	Cartier	2,873	107,465
#11,062	Gilmartin	2,872	107,502
#11,066	Shuford	2,871	107,539
#11,069	Eanes	2,870	107,577
#11,073	Kappel	2,869	107,614
#11,076	Kiely	2,868	107,652

Who is named Matter

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

93% of people named Matter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Matters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Herbert Matter
American photographer and graphic designer (1907-1984)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Matter

Matter has the Soundex code M360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M360.

Questions

How common is the surname Matter?: 2,870 people in the United States had the surname Matter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,577 Americans. It ranked 11,069th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Matter?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Matter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Matter?: Herbert Matter, American photographer and graphic designer (1907-1984).
Where is the surname Matter most common?: Wikidata records people named Matter in the United States.
Is the surname Matter getting more or less common?: More common. 2,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,870 in 2010, up 0.7%.