The Matheny surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,595 people carried this name — #4,128 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 8,369 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Matheny surname

Borrowed from French Matheny, perhap a habitational surname from a place called Mathenay.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Matheny» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Matheny in American newspapers,
1872–1930.

Newspaper page from Bogalusa Enterprise And American carrying the name Matheny
Bogalusa Enterprise And American 1921-04-07
Newspaper page from New Orleans Republican carrying the name Matheny
New Orleans Republican 1872-05-26
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Matheny
Evening Star 1930-05-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,261 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Matheny,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles R. Matheny 1786–1839 · mayor
  • Elizabeth L. Kerr 1857–1936 · naturalist
  • Ray Matheny 1925–2020 · anthropologist
  • Bob Matheny 1929–1978 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Matheny,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States432 records

432 records of the Matheny name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 307
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 111
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John T. Matheny

    Born 1918 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg; driver from Rutherford County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Forest City, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Russell Lee Matheny

    Born 1947; from Sarasota, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Thomas Rogers Matheny

    U.S. Army veteran of the Civil War. Born 1830, died 1861; buried at Terry Cemetery, Cookeville, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 432 records for Matheny in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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