The Matteo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,078 people carried this name — #14,382 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,956 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 593 people named Matteo 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 118 people named Matteo.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
70 people named Matteo live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In print
Matteo in American newspapers,
1848–1854.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,022 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Matteo.
- 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
- Mattel 118 · U.S. census
- Matteoli 109 · U.S. census
- Matteoni 166 · U.S. census
- Matter 2,870 · U.S. census
- Mattera 1,845 · U.S. census
- Mattern 4,705 · U.S. census
- Mattes 3,007 · U.S. census
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