# Matz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/matz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,143 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,587 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 60,032 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (5,123 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, pet forms of Mattheus and Matthias; see Matthew.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Matz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Matz in the United States, Austria and Belgium.

## People named Matz

- Johanna Matz, Austrian film actress
- Steven Matz, American baseball player
- Vanessa Matz, Belgian politician
- Peter Matz, American musician, composer, arranger and conductor (1928–2002)

## Similar surnames

Matos, Metz, Mattos, Matus, Mattes, Mattis, Motz, Mateos, Matis, Mutz, Matsui, Mates.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.