How Many People Have the Last Name Matthew?
people had the surname Matthew in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 45,872 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
−50 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Matthew (54.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 32.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Matthew ranks #4,123. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 59.9% to 54.4%, and the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 29.9% to 32.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Matthew fell from 6,486 people in 2000 to 6,436 in 2010 (down 0.8%), and its rank fell from #4,971 to #5,408.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 6,486 | 6,436 |
| Rank | #4,971 | #5,408 |
| Per 100,000 people | 2.4 | 2.18 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Matthew
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Matthew: M300
👤 Matthew as a First Name
Matthew is a first name too: about 1,532,905 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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