The Matel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 283 people carried this name — #69,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 289 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
125 people named Matel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 139 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Podlaskie.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 91 people named Matel.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Morbihan.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Matel in American newspapers,
1903–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,645 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Matel.
- Mata 48,120 · U.S. census
- Matalon 420 · U.S. census
- Matarese 712 · U.S. census
- Matas 934 · U.S. census
- Mate 1,071 · U.S. census
- Matecki 368 · U.S. census
- Mateo 13,746 · U.S. census
- Mateos 1,526 · U.S. census
- Mater 422 · U.S. census
- Matera 1,235 · U.S. census
- Matern 599 · U.S. census
- Materne 298 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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