How Many People Have the Last Name Mathews?
people had the surname Mathews in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 5,718 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+984 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Mathews (74.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 15.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Mathews ranks #485. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 76.9% to 74.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Mathews grew from 50,608 people in 2000 to 51,592 in 2010 (up 1.9%), and its rank fell from #609 to #663. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 18.76 to 17.49 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 50,608 | 51,592 |
| Rank | #609 | #663 |
| Per 100,000 people | 18.76 | 17.49 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Mathews
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Mathews: M320
👤 Mathews as a First Name
Mathews is a first name too: about 271 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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