Matthieu surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Matthieu surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 236 people carried this name — #75,938 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 118 people named Matthieu 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

East Flanders 73
Antwerp 17
West Flanders 14
Walloon Brabant 8
Limburg 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Matthieu.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Somme.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Somme 13
Nord 11
Paris 9
Marne 6
Eure 4
Pas-de-Calais 4
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 3
Val-de-Marne 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

38 people named Matthieu live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 13
Vaud 11
Zurich 11
Schwyz 3

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.

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