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    The surname Matthies

    A surname, carried by 1,719 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M320

    Matthies: #16,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Matthies #16,662, 1,719 people Matthies: #16,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Matthies #16,662, 1,719 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matthies is more common than 89.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,719 people named Matthies in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,608 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,612.

    #16,662
    rank among US surnames
    1,719
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,436)

    Who is named Matthies

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

    93% of people named Matthies identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Matthies

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Matthies?
    1,719 people in the United States had the surname Matthies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,608 Americans. It ranked 16,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Matthies?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Matthies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Matthies getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,612 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,719 in 2010, up 6.6%.