The Mattox surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,099 people carried this name — #3,535 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,881 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Mattox surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Madoc’.

His entry covers Mattock, Mattocks and Mattox.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 521 · public domain.

In print

Mattox in American newspapers,
1899–1913.

Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Mattox
Daily Capital Journal 1913-07-22
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Mattox
The Topeka State Journal 1899-04-10
Newspaper page from Heppner Gazette carrying the name Mattox
Heppner Gazette 1909-06-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,601 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mattox in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

169 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mattox. The most, 83, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 129
Queensland 13
South Australia 11
Victoria 6
Tasmania 3
Western Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mattox.

Who carried it

People named Mattox,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Martha Mattox
    Martha Mattox 1879–1933 · actor
  • Ray Mattox
    Ray Mattox 1927–2005 · lawyer
  • Jim Mattox
    Jim Mattox 1943–2008 · judge
  • Effie Boon 1894–1988 · teacher
  • Marv Mattox 1900–1956 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mattox,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States571 records

571 records of the Mattox name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 350
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 165
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 31
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Armin W. Mattox

    Born 1916 in Missouri. Enlisted 1941 at Jefferson Barracks; laboratory technician. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Richard Mattox

    Born 1950; from Stephens, Georgia. U.S. Army, heavy vehicle driver; killed in action 1970 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record David R. Mattox

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1931, died 1996; buried at Killian Baptist Church Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 571 records for Mattox in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Mattox name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eugine Gustav Mattox

    Died 1952 in Rotterdam, aged 48.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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