Màthew
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Màthew is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 54th most common surname. Recorded meaning: variant spelling of Matthew. It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 2.2K
- KWKuwait≈1 in 2.6K
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 Màthew 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 (measured from records)
- #649 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 556 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
131,303 named Matthews, 2010
of 19M surnames, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
United Arab Emirates, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Matthews in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 3 more and Mathew in IN India, NG Nigeria, AE United Arab Emirates.
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)variant spelling of Matthew. It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Cited for this meaning 4
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nordic Names
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Màthew 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #199 | 131,303as Matthews | 1 in 2.5K | 1.3M | Matthews | 556 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Mathew | 95 |
| IN India | — | 56,090 | 1 in 24K | 56K | Mathew | 187 |
| GB United Kingdom | #98 | ≈51,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 70 | Matthews | 328 |
| ZA South Africa | #306 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Matthews | 110 |
| AU Australia | #108 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 156 | Matthews | 253 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈6,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Mathew | 107 |
| NZ New Zealand | #101 | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 10 | Matthews | 142 |
| JM Jamaica | #54 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Matthews | 28 |
131,303 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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 Màthew mean, and where does it come from?
- variant spelling of Matthew. It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 2 other sources.
- Is Màthew a male or female name?
- Màthew is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Màthew have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 131 thousand people named Matthews, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Màthew?
- In India, the national register counted 56,090 people named Màthew, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.
- How common is Màthew compared with other names?
- In the United States, Màthew is the 199th most common surname of 6,282,806 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, “Màthew” — the 199th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.