The Mattera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,845 people carried this name — #15,788 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,767 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 488 people named Mattera 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 282 people named Mattera.
Most of them — 177 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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
46 people named Mattera live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.
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
Mattera in American newspapers,
1904–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,128 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mattera,
with a public archive behind them.
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Don Mattera 1934–2022 · writer -
Don Mattera 1935–2022 · writer
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Gino Mattera 1923–1960 · actor
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Joëlle Mattera 1951– · politician
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Aldo Mattera 1960–
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Mario Mattera 1963– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mattera.
- 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
- Mattern 4,705 · U.S. census
- Mattes 3,007 · U.S. census
- Matteucci 780 · U.S. census
- Matthews 131,303 · U.S. census
- Matthey 239 · U.S. census
- Matthieu 222 · U.S. census
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