Last Name MATSON

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Meaning	The son of Matthew, from the nickname Mat.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Swedish, Irish, Belgian

Rank	2,736 (2000 US census)	2,224 (1990 US census)

Count	12,100 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.77%, or 11346 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.01%, or 243 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 58 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1%, or 121 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.37%, or 166 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.37%, or 166 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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