How rare is the last name Matheson?

7,193 people in the United States have the last name Matheson, about 1 in 41,554. It ranks #4,770 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MATHESON

#4,770

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,193
About
1 in 41,554
This common or more
58%
Who bears it

Of the 7,193 people with the last name Matheson, 88.1% reported their origin as White, 3.9% as two or more races and 3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Matheson

#4,766 Henke · 7,195#4,769 Ching · 7,194#4,771 Ault · 7,191#4,771 Bhatt · 7,191

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Matheson, most common first.

#2,355 Mattson · 15,084#2,991 Matson · 11,777#4,814 Mattison · 7,119#4,987 Matteson · 6,820#8,133 Mathison · 3,895#10,093 Mathewson · 3,044#17,842 Mathieson · 1,544#19,259 Mathisen · 1,408

Also a first name

As a first name, Matheson ranks #40,339 of 53,615, with 185 people. See Matheson as a first name

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