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    The surname Matula

    A surname, carried by 2,274 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M340

    Matula: #13,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Matula #13,397, 2,274 people Matula: #13,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Matula #13,397, 2,274 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matula is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Polish Matula or Polish Matuła.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,274 people named Matula in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,772 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,942.

    #13,397
    rank among US surnames
    2,274
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.1%
    change since 2000 (was #14,187)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,391Syverson2,275135,712
    #13,397Vess2,274135,772

    Who is named Matula

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

    91% of people named Matula identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Matulas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kimberly Matula
      American actress, born 1988

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Matula

    Matula has the Soundex code M340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M340.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Matula come from?
    From Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Polish Matula or Polish Matuła.
    How common is the surname Matula?
    2,274 people in the United States had the surname Matula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,772 Americans. It ranked 13,397th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Matula?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Matula identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Matula?
    Kimberly Matula, American actress.
    Where is the surname Matula most common?
    Wikidata records people named Matula in the United States.
    Is the surname Matula getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,942 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,274 in 2010, up 17%.