The Matthys surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 908 people carried this name — #25,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,865 people named Matthys 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 253 people named Matthys.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Nord.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
172 people named Matthys live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Matthys.
- 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
- Matthieu 236 · U.S. census
- Matti 848 · U.S. census
- Mattia 1,637 · U.S. census
- Mattio 261 · U.S. census
- Mattioli 1,092 · U.S. census
- Mattioni 103 · U.S. census
- Mattler 129 · U.S. census
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