The Matte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,819 people carried this name — #11,216 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 104,200 people counted. That is up 23% from 2,290 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 501 people named Matte.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 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 37 people named Matte 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 East Flanders.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Matte 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Matte 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
Matte in American newspapers,
1886–1895.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 228,580 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Matte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francis Matte 1809–1839 · artist -
Claudio Matte Pérez 1858–1956 · lawyer -
Rebeca Matte Bello 1875–1929 · painter -
Jorge Matte Gormaz 1876–1944 · politician -
Delia Matte Pérez 1886–1941 · suffragette -
Nicolas-Augustin Matte 1781–1837 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Matte.
- Maton 208 · U.S. census
- Matos 21,258 · 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
- Mattei 1,830 · U.S. census
- Mattel 118 · U.S. census
- Matteo 2,078 · U.S. census
- Matteoli 109 · U.S. census
- Matteoni 166 · U.S. census
- Matter 2,870 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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