Mat
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Malay: a certain person; a fellow; a dude
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mat/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mat is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country, where it is the 12th most common surname.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 277(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 3.6K
- VNVietnam≈1 in 42K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mat itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 124 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 277 (inferred from the name graph)
≈120,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, 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 Matt 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)
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
How Mat is read(measured from records)
Mat is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Malay65%
a certain person; a fellow; a dude.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English14%
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
hagba, ngala = yala, baliyara, seli-yala, poiyara
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mat 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #12 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 277 | — | Mat | 124 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈75,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | listed | Mat | 91 |
| US United States | — | 4,337as Matt | 1 in 77K | 110K | Matt | 115 |
| TR Türkiye | — | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Mat | 14 |
| VN Vietnam | #357 | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Mat | 50 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 362as Matt | 1 in 23K | 362 | — | 3 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Mat | 28 |
| BE Belgium | — | 189 | 1 in 62K | 189 | Mat | 5 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the id-github-names register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Mat is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Plg. liet. Matus: Matušis (Žr.), lenk. Mutuszewski : Mateusz (J. Bystron, 1936, p. 274)
as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
In Khmer, yoobaay/ n. means, way, method; sche me, stratagem. (5 . upaya ‘means, way, stratagem .’ ) HS
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume II (ម-អ)
In Khmer, polished; finely ground, pul- verized; smooth and fine (of fabrics). {Pa. m a tta .) {a.w.: Ht¥i
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume II (ម-អ)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mat Fraserb. 1962GBEnglish actor
- Mat Collishawb. 1966GBEnglish artist (born 1966)
- Mat Johnsonb. 1970USAmerican novelist
- Mat Hoffmanb. 1972USAmerican BMX rider (born 1972)
- Mat Whitecrossb. 1977GBBritish film editor and film director
- Mat Bestb. 1985USAmerican YouTube personality, actor, author, businessman and former Army Ranger
- Mat Robinsonb. 1986CACanadian ice hockey defenceman
- Mat Latosb. 1987USAmerican former professional baseball player, coach
- Mat SchuhATAustrian actor
- Mat VairoUSAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 44 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.3K | #6,615 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 134 | #6,615 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 5 | — |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mat mean?
- In Malay, a certain person; a fellow; a dude.
- Where does the name Mat come from?
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Mat?
- A machine transcription gives /mat/ (IPA) for Malay.
- What are other forms of the name Mat?
- In the etymology graph, Mathis, Mate and Matas are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Mat have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 118 thousand people named Mat in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mat.
- How common is the name Mat?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 189 people named Mat in 2008, about 1 in 62 thousand residents.
- How common is Mat compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Mat is the 12th most common surname of 291,743 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Mat?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/matThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Mat” — the 12th most common surname in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.