How common is the surname Matz?

5,143 people in the United States had the surname Matz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,032 Americans. It ranked 6,587th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Matz?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Matz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Matz?

Johanna Matz, Austrian film actress, followed by Steven Matz.

Where is the surname Matz most common?

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

Is the surname Matz getting more or less common?

More common. 5,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,143 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Matz

A surname, carried by 5,143 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matz is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,143 people named Matz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,032 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,123.

#6,587

rank among US surnames

5,143

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,159)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,579	Lemos	5,147	59,986
#6,583	Hammel	5,146	59,997
#6,586	Rigdon	5,145	60,009
#6,587	Matz	5,143	60,032
#6,588	Beane	5,142	60,044
#6,589	Kranz	5,141	60,056

Who is named Matz

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

93% of people named Matz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Matzs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johanna Matz
Austrian film actress, 1932–2025
Steven Matz
American baseball player, born 1991
Vanessa Matz
Belgian politician, born 1973
Peter Matz
American musician, composer, arranger and conductor (1928–2002)

Notable Matzs come mostly from the United States (2), Austria (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Matz

Matz has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

Questions

Where does the surname Matz come from?: From the German surname, pet forms of Mattheus and Matthias; see Matthew.
How common is the surname Matz?: 5,143 people in the United States had the surname Matz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,032 Americans. It ranked 6,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Matz?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Matz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Matz?: Johanna Matz, Austrian film actress, followed by Steven Matz.
Where is the surname Matz most common?: Wikidata records people named Matz in the United States, Austria and Belgium.
Is the surname Matz getting more or less common?: More common. 5,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,143 in 2010, up 0.4%.