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The Mathieu surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,832 people carried this name — #6,482 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,900 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 23,513 people named Mathieu.

402 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 départements, most often Vosges.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 402
Vosges 2,424
Paris 1,832
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1,174
Marne 719
Nord 716
Gard 704
Bouches-du-Rhône 568
Moselle 547

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 5,273 people named Mathieu 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 Liège.

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Where they live today

Liège 1,237
Hainaut 1,177
Namur 1,050
Luxembourg Province 761
Brussels-Capital 338
Walloon Brabant 282
Flemish Brabant 213
Antwerp 128

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

985 people named Mathieu live in Switzerland.

They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

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Where they live today

Valais 439
Vaud 112
Geneva 95
Zurich 94
Bern 58
Fribourg 32
Lucerne 26
Aargau 20

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 print

Mathieu in American newspapers,
1891–1963.

Newspaper page from Canton Register carrying the name Mathieu
Canton Register 1891-01-29
Newspaper page from Luxemburger Gazette carrying the name Mathieu
Luxemburger Gazette 1900-06-19
Newspaper page from The Bemidji Daily Pioneer carrying the name Mathieu
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer 1911-02-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,279 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Mathieu,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pierre Mathieu
    Pierre Mathieu 1704–1778 · engineer
  • Claude-Louis Mathieu
    Claude-Louis Mathieu 1783–1875 · astronomer
  • Pierre Louis Aimé Mathieu
    Pierre Louis Aimé Mathieu 1790–1870 · colonial administrator
  • Gustave Mathieu
    Gustave Mathieu 1808–1877 · writer
  • Mathieu de la Drôme
    Mathieu de la Drôme 1808–1865 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 199 lives in all are documented under this name.

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