Màtar
surname · Latin script
Màtar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Spanish and Portuguese habitational surname based on several places in the Iberian peninsula, ultimately from mata (“forest, woods”).
- EGEgypt≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- SNSenegal≈1 in 5K
- SDSudan≈1 in 14K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Egypt (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 212 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,800 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Senegal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Matar in EG Egypt, SD Sudan and Mátar in US United States.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Spanish and Portuguese habitational surname based on several places in the Iberian peninsula, ultimately from mata (“forest, woods”).
Sources 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
- Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Màtar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Matar | 86 |
| SD Sudan | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Matar | 13 |
| SN Senegal | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 5K | 24 | — | 10 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈950 est. | ≈1 in 246K | listed | — | 7 |
| US United States | 782 | 1 in 425K | 1.1K | Mátar | 212 |
| SE Sweden | 319 | 1 in 32K | 319 | — | 14 |
| VU Vanuatu | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 29K | 1 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); Vanuatu Electoral Office — 2020 General Election consolidated candidate list. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Màtar mean, and where does it come from?
- Spanish and Portuguese habitational surname based on several places in the Iberian peninsula, ultimately from mata (“forest, woods”). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Màtar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.8 thousand people named Màtar in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled matar.
- How common is the name Màtar?
- In the United States, the national register counted 782 people named Màtar in 2010, about 1 in 425 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Màtar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.