The Matter surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,851 people carried this name — #10,350 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,359 people named Matter live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 836 people named Matter.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
37 people named Matter have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 60 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Matter.
- Matte 2,290 · U.S. census
- Mattei 1,664 · U.S. census
- Mattel 214 · U.S. census
- Matteo 1,956 · U.S. census
- Matteoli 103 · U.S. census
- Matteoni 152 · U.S. census
- Mattera 1,767 · U.S. census
- Mattern 4,427 · U.S. census
- Mattes 2,702 · U.S. census
- Matteucci 780 · U.S. census
- Matthews 124,839 · U.S. census
- Matthey 281 · U.S. census
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