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The Mateus surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 892 people carried this name — #27,144 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 30% from 688 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

356 people named Mateus live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 90
Geneva 70
Fribourg 43
Valais 36
Zurich 29
Bern 26
Neuchâtel 18
Thurgau 10

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 166 people named Mateus live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 77
City of Buenos Aires 64
Misiones 15
Mendoza 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 106 people named Mateus.

Most of them — 84 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Val-de-Marne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 84
Val-de-Marne 3
Yvelines 3
Val-d’Oise 2
Rhône 2
Hauts-de-Seine 1
Tarn 1
Paris 1
Sarthe 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

26 people named Mateus is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 26

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Mateus,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joana Mateus d. 1620
  • Violant Mateus d. 1620
  • Francisco de Paula Mateus 1801–1919 · lawyer
  • Joaquim Alves Mateus 1835–1903 · teacher
  • Maria Helena Mira Mateus 1931–2020 · university teacher
  • Mário Mateus 1940– · badminton player

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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