The Matheis surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 848 people carried this name — #28,215 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 863 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Matheis.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Matheis live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
Who carried it
People named Matheis,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Matheis 1858–1941 · politician
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Joseph Matheis 1862–1941 · politician
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Max Matheis 1894–1984 · writer
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Hans Matheis 1934–2006 · musician
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Dieter Matheis 1943–
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Anton Matheis 1947– · association football referee
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Matheis.
- Materne 298 · U.S. census
- Mateu 171 · U.S. census
- Mateus 892 · U.S. census
- Math 415 · U.S. census
- Matha 187 · U.S. census
- Mathe 762 · U.S. census
- Mathelier 216 · U.S. census
- Mathern 387 · U.S. census
- Mathes 6,553 · U.S. census
- Matheu 352 · U.S. census
- Matheus 664 · U.S. census
- Mathey 680 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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