How common is the last name Mathew?

17,393 people in the United States have the last name Mathew, about 1 in 17,185. It ranks #2,030 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MATHEW

#2,030

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,393
About
1 in 17,185
This common or more
48%
Who bears it

Of the 17,393 people with the last name Mathew, 85.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 8.4% as White and 2.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mathew

#2,028 Waite · 17,416#2,029 Bueno · 17,395#2,031 Spangler · 17,391#2,032 Longoria · 17,383

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,365 Matthew · 6,274#26,649 Mathe · 963#30,403 Mathey · 823#55,187 Matheu · 402

Also a first name

As a first name, Mathew ranks #714 of 53,615, with 71,761 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1990, with 2,184 births. See Mathew as a first name

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