The Matsumoto surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,486 people carried this name — #7,421 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,520 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Matsumoto surname

Borrowed from Japanese 松本 (まつもと, Matsumoto).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Matsumoto» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 160 people named Matsumoto 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 80
Misiones 38
City of Buenos Aires 31
Salta 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Matsumoto in American newspapers,
1906–1926.

Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Matsumoto
The Sun 1906-04-10
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Matsumoto
Evening Star 1926-09-01
Newspaper page from The Daily Gate City And Constitution-democrat carrying the name Matsumoto
The Daily Gate City And Constitution-democrat 1919-10-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,232 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Matsumoto in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1990s.

448 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Matsumoto. The most, 131, date from the 1950s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 127
Queensland 109
Western Australia 57
Tasmania 41
Victoria 35
South Australia 32
ACT (Canberra) 25
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Matsumoto.

Who carried it

People named Matsumoto,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Matsumoto Kōshirō I
    Matsumoto Kōshirō I 1674–1730 · onnagata
  • Matsumoto Kōshirō VI
    Matsumoto Kōshirō VI 1811–1849 · kabuki actor
  • Matsumoto Keidō
    Matsumoto Keidō 1832–1863
  • Motokazu Matsumoto
    Motokazu Matsumoto 1850–1915 · essayist
  • Matsumoto Matatarō
    Matsumoto Matatarō 1865–1943 · psychologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 241 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Matsumoto,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States839 records

839 records of the Matsumoto name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 616
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 145
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • Sacramento County historic burials 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Sadao Matsumoto

    Born 1923 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles; farm hand from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Richard Y. Matsumoto

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1939, died 1990; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Kuni Matsumoto

    Born 1878 in Japan. Registered as a foreign national in Honolulu, Hawaii, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 839 records for Matsumoto in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada20 records

20 records of the Matsumoto name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 19
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Takako Matsumoto

    Died 1935; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Frank Nobuo Matsumoto

    Buried in 1980 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Yosiko Matsumoto

    Died 1911; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 20 records for Matsumoto in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Matsumoto name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Gaku Matsumoto

    Arrived in Victoria in 1918 aboard the Aki Maru, aged 31.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henry Kakusaburo Matsumoto

    Of North Sydney, New South Wales; died 1934.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Matsumoto in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France3 records

3 records of the Matsumoto name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Kiyoshi Matsumoto

    Born 1928 in Japan; died 1991 in Lorient (Morbihan).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Satie Matsumoto

    Born 1935 in Japan; died 1990 in Férolles-Attilly (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Nicolas Satoshi Matsumoto

    Born 1973 in Créteil (Val-de-Marne); died 1996 in Varennes-lès-Narcy (Nièvre).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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