How common is the surname Mattoon?

1,359 people in the United States had the surname Mattoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,186 Americans. It ranked 19,796th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mattoon?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mattoon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mattoon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,359 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Mattoon

A surname, carried by 1,359 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mattoon is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,359 people named Mattoon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,186 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,313.

#19,796

rank among US surnames

1,359

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,144)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,796	Rua	1,359	227,186
#19,803	Cahn	1,358	227,353

Who is named Mattoon

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

92% of people named Mattoon identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

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 Mattoon

Mattoon has the Soundex code M350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M350.

Questions

How common is the surname Mattoon?: 1,359 people in the United States had the surname Mattoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,186 Americans. It ranked 19,796th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mattoon?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mattoon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mattoon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,359 in 2010, up 3.5%.