Mattä

surname · Latin script

Mattä is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Danish Magdalene.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States≈1 in 96Mas Mattae(inferred from the name graph)

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mattä 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.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

≈3 named Mattae, est.

Sources
17 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 96M (inferred from the name graph)

United States, est., as Mattae

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MattaeLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Mattae 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)

Derivation of Mattä: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Mattä
  1. DanishMagdalene(measured from records)
  2. Ancient GreekΜαγδαληνήMagdalēnḗ“woman from Magdala”(inferred from the name graph)via Magdalene
  3. Hebrewמגדלmigdál“tower”(inferred from the name graph)via Magdalene

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

Borrowed from Danish Magdalene.

Sources 8

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
  • Digital Pāḷi Dictionary

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mattä 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 Mattä is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States≈3 est.≈1 in 96M—Mattae17
DE Germany———Mattä5
EE Estonia——listed——

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.

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)

Mattä is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Finnish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Peru, Italy

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Matta, Mättä, Mätta

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 Mattä under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mattä mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Danish Magdalene. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H) and 6 other sources.
In which country does Mattä have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3 people named Mattae in the United States, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Mattä?
Mondonomo estimates about 3 people in the United States have Mattae as their first given name, about 1 in 96 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Mattä”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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