The Mathey surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 748 people carried this name — #29,696 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,867 people named Mathey.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
214 people named Mathey live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 26 people named Mathey live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Walloon Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mathey.
- Matheis 863 · U.S. census
- Mathelier 141 · U.S. census
- Mathern 544 · U.S. census
- Mathes 6,468 · U.S. census
- Matheu 243 · U.S. census
- Matheus 539 · U.S. census
- Mathia 394 · U.S. census
- Mathias 8,286 · U.S. census
- Mathie 607 · U.S. census
- Mathieu 4,832 · U.S. census
- Mathiot 130 · U.S. census
- Mathis 51,796 · U.S. census
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