Mazu
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Mazu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- CLChile≈1 in 1.2M(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina1 in 1.8M
- CHSwitzerland1 in 2.1M
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 Mazu 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.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 34 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.2M (inferred from the name graph)
150 named Matsu
Highest-authority source
Chile, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Matsu in US United States, BR Brazil.
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)
subst. termen la joc de carti. 1. - (Puc). 2. Mazi (Sd XI 84). 3. + -an (?) Mazdne§ti s. si Mazanaesti s. (Dm).
Sources 1
- Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mazu 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 | 150as Matsu | 1 in 1.4M | 150 | Matsu | 34 |
| US United States | 135as Matsu | 1 in 2.5M | 135 | Matsu | 11 |
| AR Argentina | 25 | 1 in 1.8M | 25 | Mazu | 17 |
| CL Chile | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | 1 | Mazu | 16 |
| CH Switzerland | 4 | 1 in 2.1M | 4 | — | 1 |
| DK Denmark | 3as Matsu | 1 in 2M | 3 | — | — |
150 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)
Mazu is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A Chinese sea goddess, the deified form of Lin Moniang, a medieval Fujianese girl who became revered as a sea goddess and, since the Qing dynasty, especially in Taiwan, more generally as the primary goddess of Heaven.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of まず and まづ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Serbo-Croatian, dative/locative singular of maz
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Asturian, mallet (tool)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swahili, banana
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kg, noise
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Arthur Matsub. 1904USnot in their usual nameAmerican football player and coach (1904-1987)
- Akira Matsub. 1947JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress and politician
- Hiroaki Matsub. 1969JPnot in their usual nameJapanese film director
- Nobuyasu Matsub. 1976JPnot in their usual nameJapanese baseball player
- Takako Matsub. 1977JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress and pop singer-songwriter
- Urara Matsub. 1983JPnot in their usual nameJapanese AV idol
- Sumire Matsub. 1989JPnot in their usual nameJapanese AV idol
- Arisa Matsub. 1994JPnot in their usual nameJapanese model
- Eito Matsub. 2000JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actor
- Rinko MatsuJPnot in their usual nameJapanese novelist
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 86 | #70,869 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 25 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 4 | #118,617 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Mazu have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 150 people named Matsu, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Mazu?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 25 people named Mazu, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
What do you want to know about Mazu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mazuThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Mazu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.