Mátos
surname · Latin script
Mátos is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 72nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: widespread habitational name from any of numerous places in Portugal named Matos, from mata ‘brushwood’, ‘scrub’, ‘thicket’.
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 249(inferred from the name graph)
- PTPortugal≈1 in 348
- BRBrazil≈1 in 495
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.
- Brazil (inferred from the name graph)
- #800 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 350 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 249 (inferred from the name graph)
≈430,000 people, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Dominican Republic, 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 Matos in BR Brazil, US United States, DO Dominican Republic and 3 more.
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)
widespread habitational name from any of numerous places in Portugal named Matos, from mata ‘brushwood’, ‘scrub’, ‘thicket’.
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mátos 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #72 | ≈430,000 est. | ≈1 in 495 | 326 | Matos | 222 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #32 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 249 | — | Matos | 89 |
| PT Portugal | #49 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 348 | — | Matos | 170 |
| US United States | — | 21,258 | 1 in 16K | 23K | Matos | 350 |
| VE Venezuela | #253 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Matos | 74 |
| CU Cuba | #15 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 873 | — | Matos | 42 |
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: Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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 Mátos mean, and where does it come from?
- widespread habitational name from any of numerous places in Portugal named Matos, from mata ‘brushwood’, ‘scrub’, ‘thicket’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- In which country does Mátos have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 427 thousand people named Mátos in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled matos.
- How common is the name Mátos?
- In the United States, the national register counted 21,258 people named Mátos in 2010, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.
- How common is Mátos compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Mátos is the 72nd most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Mátos” — the 72nd most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.