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The surname Matute

A surname, carried by 3,892 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M330

Matute: #8,478 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Matute #8,478, 3,892 people Matute: #8,478 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Matute #8,478, 3,892 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matute is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,892 people named Matute in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,328 Americans. That is up 91% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,035.

#8,478
rank among US surnames
3,892
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+91.3%
change since 2000 (was #13,674)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,473Lease3,89679,247
#8,475Rondeau3,89479,288
#8,477Reinhard3,89379,308
#8,478Matute3,89279,328

Who is named Matute

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

91% of people named Matute identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Matute

Matute has the Soundex code M330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M330.

Questions

How common is the surname Matute?
3,892 people in the United States had the surname Matute in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,328 Americans. It ranked 8,478th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Matute?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Matute identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Matute getting more or less common?
More common. 2,035 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,892 in 2010, up 91%.