Matarazzo

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from Sicilian dialect matarazzu ‘mattress’, a derivative of Arabic matrah ‘place to lie down’

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/mɑtɑˈɹɑzoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Matarazzo is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly
  • ARArgentina
  • USUnited States

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Sicilian dialect matarazzu ‘mattress’, a derivative of Arabic matrah ‘place to lie down’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Francesco Matarazzo, b. 1854Raffaello Matarazzo, b. 1909Maysa Matarazzo, b. 1936Jayme Monjardim, b. 1956Neal Matarazzo, b. 1962Mike Matarazzo, b. 1965Pellegrino Matarazzo, b. 1977Heather Matarazzo, b. 1982Andrew Matarazzo, b. 1997Gaten Matarazzo, b. 2002

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Matarazzo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.5K#18,411
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.5K#17,457
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.4K#18,820
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—868#10,509
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—281—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202473#14,061
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—27#68,403
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—27#67,696
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196126—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198111—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200810#70,590
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197110—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Matarazzo mean, and where does it come from?
from Sicilian dialect matarazzu ‘mattress’, a derivative of Arabic matrah ‘place to lie down’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Matarazzo?
A machine transcription gives /mɑtɑˈɹɑzoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Matarazzo have the most bearers?
Matarazzo is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Matarazzo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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