How common is the last name Mathews?

49,484 people in the United States have the last name Mathews, about 1 in 6,040. It ranks #671 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MATHEWS

#671

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
49,484
About
1 in 6,040
This common or more
35.2%
Who bears it

Of the 49,484 people with the last name Mathews, 71.7% reported their origin as White, 14.5% as Black and 4.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mathews

#669 Chase · 49,533#670 Dickerson · 49,519#672 Heath · 49,412#673 Oneill · 49,365

Spelled almost the same

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

#234 Matthews · 126,328#645 Mathis · 51,361#4,060 Mathias · 8,481#5,313 Mathes · 6,329#11,738 Mattes · 2,553#15,248 Mateos · 1,853#15,969 Matthes · 1,755#24,154 Mateus · 1,081

Also a first name

As a first name, Mathews ranks #18,362 of 53,615, with 588 people. See Mathews as a first name

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