Mathis surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Mathis surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 51,796 people carried this name — #585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,210 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,445 people named Mathis.

74 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Moselle.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 74
Moselle 796
Bas-Rhin 614
Meurthe-et-Moselle 329
Vosges 326
Paris 276
Haut-Rhin 271
Nord 76
Haute-Saône 61

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

3,236 people named Mathis live in Switzerland.

They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Nidwalden.

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Where they live today

Nidwalden 532
Zurich 462
Lucerne 384
Aargau 335
St. Gallen 288
Graubünden 285
Obwalden 178
Thurgau 143

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.

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