Máttar

surname · Latin script

Máttar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. Recorded meaning: 1. variant of Mu'attar, a personal name based on Arabic mu'attar ‘perfumed’, ‘scented’. 2. possibly a derivative of matar ‘rain’.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 58K(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 80K
  • LBLebanon≈1 in 8.7K

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 (measured from records)

2,633 people

Record sources
116 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Lebanon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mattar in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, US United States 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)

1. variant of Mu'attar, a personal name based on Arabic mu'attar ‘perfumed’, ‘scented’. 2. possibly a derivative of matar ‘rain’.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Máttar 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.

Where Máttar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil2,6331 in 80K2.6KMattar116
AR Argentina7831 in 58K783Mattar51
LB Lebanon≈630 est.≈1 in 8.7K—Mattar13
US United States5001 in 665K597Mattar92
SY Syria≈350 est.≈1 in 56K—Mattar4
IL Israel≈240 est.≈1 in 37K—Mattar12

2,633 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); 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).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Máttar is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mattar

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Israel, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Mattar

  • Malay surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Singapore, United States, Indonesia

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written Mattar

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Máttar under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Máttar mean, and where does it come from?
1. variant of Mu'attar, a personal name based on Arabic mu'attar ‘perfumed’, ‘scented’. 2. possibly a derivative of matar ‘rain’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Máttar have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Máttar, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mattar.
How common is the name Máttar?
In Brazil, the national register counted 2,633 people named Máttar, about 1 in 80 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, “Máttar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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