The Matos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,258 people carried this name — #1,696 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,900 people counted. That is up 26% from 16,819 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,141 people named Matos live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,103 people named Matos live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 111 people named Matos.
Most of them — 65 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
39 people named Matos is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Matos in American newspapers,
1902–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 178,379 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Matos,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sebastião de Matos de Noronha 1586–1641 · writer -
José Pinhão de Matos 1650–1734 · gilder -
Manuel Vieira de Matos 1861–1932 · Catholic priest -
José Matos 1875–1963 · jurist -
Leopoldo Matos y Massieu 1878–1936 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 255 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Matos.
- Mati 348 · U.S. census
- Matias 11,635 · U.S. census
- Matic 645 · U.S. census
- Matile 122 · U.S. census
- Matis 1,495 · U.S. census
- Maton 208 · U.S. census
- Matras 256 · U.S. census
- Matrone 242 · U.S. census
- Matt 4,337 · U.S. census
- Matta 5,610 · U.S. census
- Matte 2,819 · U.S. census
- Mattei 1,830 · U.S. census
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