How rare is the last name Mathias?

8,481 people in the United States have the last name Mathias, about 1 in 35,243. It ranks #4,060 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

last name

MATHIAS

#4,060

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,481
About
1 in 35,243
This common or more
56.1%
Who bears it

Of the 8,481 people with the last name Mathias, 81.5% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Black and 5.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Mathias

2 other last names also have 8,481 people.

#4,060 Pelayo · 8,481#4,060 Volk · 8,481

Either side of Mathias

#4,058 Loy · 8,495#4,059 Buffington · 8,484#4,060 Pelayo · 8,481#4,060 Volk · 8,481

Spelled almost the same

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

#645 Mathis · 51,361#671 Mathews · 49,484#2,879 Matias · 12,194#5,313 Mathes · 6,329#11,449 Mattis · 2,633#11,996 Matthias · 2,487#17,524 Matthies · 1,576#21,478 Matyas · 1,240

Also a first name

As a first name, Mathias ranks #2,524 of 53,615, with 9,628 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 1,087 births. See Mathias as a first name

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