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    The surname Mattox

    A surname, carried by 10,099 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M320

    Mattox: #3,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mattox #3,535, 10,099 people Mattox: #3,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mattox #3,535, 10,099 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mattox is more common than 97.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,099 people named Mattox in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,572 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,881.

    #3,535
    rank among US surnames
    10,099
    people in 2010
    3.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,318)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,526McDuffie10,12530,493
    #3,527Betz10,12030,508
    #3,528Alderman10,11930,511
    #3,529Tice10,11830,514
    #3,530DeSantis10,11730,517
    #3,531Ashworth10,11630,521
    #3,532Tafoya10,11430,527

    Who is named Mattox

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

    73% of people named Mattox identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mattoxs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Martha Mattox
      American film actress (1879-1933)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mattox

    Mattox 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 Mattox?
    10,099 people in the United States had the surname Mattox in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,572 Americans. It ranked 3,535th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mattox?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Mattox identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mattox?
    Martha Mattox, American film actress (1879-1933).
    Where is the surname Mattox most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mattox in the United States.
    Is the surname Mattox getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,881 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,099 in 2010, up 2.2%.