Last Name MATHEWS

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Meaning	The son of Mathew. Found in French and English forms in large quantaties in the early registers. The nicknames and diminutives are numerous. The two chief nicknames wre Mat (English) and May (French). Mathew or Mayheu was exceedingly popular.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Irish, South african, Sudanese

Rank	609 (2000 US census)	552 (1990 US census)

Count	50,608 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

76.9%, or 38918 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
15.77%, or 7981 total occurrences, as black,
2.81%, or 1422 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.62%, or 314 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.8%, or 911 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.1%, or 1063 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Most Popular Kazakh Baby Names

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