Matou
surname · Latin script
Meaning: tom (male cat)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/matu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Matou is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.
- ESSpain1 in 3.3M(measured from records)
- GRGreece≈1 in 4.7Mas Ματού
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 Matou 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.
- Spain (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 3 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.3M (inferred from the name graph)
15 people
recorded for this name
Reference-verified
Spain
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ματού in GR Greece.
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)
tom (male cat)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Matou 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | 15 | 1 in 3.3M | 15 | — | — |
| GR Greece | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 4.7M | 1 | Ματού | 3 |
| FR France | — | — | 49 | — | 1 |
| CK Cook Islands | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| VU Vanuatu | — | — | 1 | — | — |
15 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); Cook Islands Electoral Rolls (2022 General Election + 2024 Pa Enua); Vanuatu Electoral Office — 2022 Snap Election consolidated candidate list. 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)
Matou is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Galician, third-person singular preterite indicative of matar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Czech, third-person plural present of mást
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In rap, First person plural exclusive
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In hla, right side
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 61 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 49 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 49 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 44 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 43 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 37 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 26 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 16 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 15 | #97,717 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 6 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Matou mean, and where does it come from?
- tom (male cat) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Matou?
- A machine transcription gives /matu/ (IPA) for French.
- What are other forms of the name Matou?
- In the etymology graph, Mieze is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Matou have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 15 people named Matou, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Matou most common?
- Matou is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.3 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Matou?
- In Spain, the national register counted 15 people named Matou, about 1 in 3.3 million residents.
What do you want to know about Matou?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/matouThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Matou”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.