Matchett
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Matchett is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: of uncertain origin, possibly a pet form of Matthew.
- USUnited States1 in 169K(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 8 (measured from records)
- 1 in 169K (inferred from the name graph)
1,968 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
of uncertain origin, possibly a pet form of Matthew.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Matchett 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 | 1,968 | 1 in 169K | 2K | Matchett | 8 |
1,968 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 — Surname Frequency 2000. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Thomas Matchettb. 1826CACanadian politician (1826–1900)
- Charles H. Matchettb. 1843USAmerican politician
- Jack Matchettb. 1906USAmerican baseball player
- Stuart Matchettb. 1951AUAustralian radio announcer
- Kari Matchettb. 1970CACanadian actress
- Dale Matchettb. 1975CACanadian curler
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 7 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2K | #13,791 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2K | #15,005 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.9K | #15,076 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Matchett mean, and where does it come from?
- of uncertain origin, possibly a pet form of Matthew. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Matchett have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.0 thousand people named Matchett, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled matchett.
- Where is Matchett most common?
- Matchett is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 169 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Matchett?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,968 people named Matchett in 2010, about 1 in 169 thousand residents.
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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, “Matchett”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.