How common is the surname Matteson?

7,148 people in the United States had the surname Matteson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,193 Americans. It ranked 4,919th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Matteson?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Matteson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Matteson?

Joel Aldrich Matteson, American politician (1808–1873).

Where is the surname Matteson most common?

Wikidata records people named Matteson in the United States.

Is the surname Matteson getting more or less common?

More common. 6,949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,148 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Matteson

A surname, carried by 7,148 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matteson is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,148 people named Matteson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,193 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,949.

#4,919

rank among US surnames

7,148

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,667)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,910	Null	7,170	43,061
#4,912	Binkley	7,159	43,127
#4,913	Blodgett	7,157	43,139
#4,914	Garrity	7,156	43,145
#4,915	Phung	7,155	43,151
#4,916	Rambo	7,154	43,157
#4,917	Goodin	7,153	43,163

Who is named Matteson

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

95% of people named Matteson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mattesons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joel Aldrich Matteson
American politician (1808–1873)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Matteson

Matteson has the Soundex code M325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M325.

Questions

How common is the surname Matteson?: 7,148 people in the United States had the surname Matteson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,193 Americans. It ranked 4,919th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Matteson?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Matteson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Matteson?: Joel Aldrich Matteson, American politician (1808–1873).
Where is the surname Matteson most common?: Wikidata records people named Matteson in the United States.
Is the surname Matteson getting more or less common?: More common. 6,949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,148 in 2010, up 2.9%.