The Mathon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 230 people carried this name — #82,044 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 14% from 201 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,580 people named Mathon.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 63 people named Mathon 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 Hainaut.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Mathon live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Mathon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eugène Mathon 1860–1935 · businessperson -
Jean-Baptiste Mathon 1893–1971 · architect -
Théodore Edmond Emile Henri Mathon 1900–1988 · military personnel -
Alexandre Beaussier-Mathon 1757–1826 · politician
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František Mathon 1828–1893 · writer
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Placidus Johanes Mathon 1841–1888 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mathon.
- Mathia 300 · U.S. census
- Mathias 8,851 · U.S. census
- Mathie 494 · U.S. census
- Mathieu 5,483 · U.S. census
- Mathiot 138 · U.S. census
- Mathis 54,217 · U.S. census
- Mathurin 1,597 · U.S. census
- Mathus 423 · U.S. census
- Mathy 407 · U.S. census
- Mathys 638 · U.S. census
- Mati 348 · U.S. census
- Matias 11,635 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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