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    The surname Mattes

    A German surname, carried by 3,007 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M320

    Mattes: #10,644 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mattes #10,644, 3,007 people Mattes: #10,644 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mattes #10,644, 3,007 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mattes is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Mattes, from a vernacular form of Matthias (“Matthew”).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,007 people named Mattes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,676 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,702.

    #10,644
    rank among US surnames
    3,007
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.3%
    change since 2000 (was #10,829)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,636Schermerhorn3,011102,539
    #10,638Pearlman3,009102,607
    #10,641Toups3,008102,641
    #10,644Mattes3,007102,676
    #10,645Rosso3,006102,710
    #10,647Kan3,005102,744
    #10,649Weyer3,004102,778

    Who is named Mattes

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

    91% of people named Mattes identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Mattes

    Mattes has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mattes come from?
    Borrowed from German Mattes, from a vernacular form of Matthias (“Matthew”).
    How common is the surname Mattes?
    3,007 people in the United States had the surname Mattes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,676 Americans. It ranked 10,644th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mattes?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mattes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mattes getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,702 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,007 in 2010, up 11%.