Matas is used as a family name or surname in Croatia. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Matas
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Croatia
Meaning: Name appearing formed on the place name mata, of uncertain origin, designating not a bush, as is often wrongly said, but a grove. It is common in Spain, where there is also the Mata form.

How popular is Matas?

Matas is common in Croatia.

Matas is ranked 22951 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Matases grew by 11.72249 per cent to 934 since 2000 and ranked 26189 after elevating 1018 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 52.36 55.98
Hispanic or Latino 40.04 34.45
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.71 5.38
Black 1.93 2.75
Matas is quite popular family name mostly used in Spain while Andorra is ahead in terms of density. Around 22436 people have been found who wears Matas as their family name. Matas is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
10,686 Costa Rica3
14,126 Colombia3
6,779 Nicaragua3
14,054 China3
2,236 El Salvador3
35,789 Turkey3
5,726 Puerto Rico2
4,231 Jamaica2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
7,314 Bolivia1
30,360 Thailand1
62,864 New Zealand1
165,773 Belarus1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
7,110 Bosnia1
12,741 Ecuador1
47,891 Norway1
25,746 Finland1
24,176 Qatar1
36,678 Singapore1
9,591 Panama1
11,923 Slovenia1
16,073 Latvia1
573 Vanuatu1
38,841 Scotland1
31,207 Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,514 Moldova49
9,255 Uruguay49
192,584 Russia48
33,012 Belgium45
195 Andorra43
9,524 Portugal37
23,914 Denmark20
20,800 Serbia15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
15,572 Switzerland72
2,290 Trinidad and Tobago69
35,569 Netherlands62
36,287 Australia59
222,906 India59
Countries with hundreds of Matas:
30,565 United States967
2,007 Guatemala677
1,275 Slovakia560
3,450 Venezuela552
2,400 Chile468
23,918 Germany437
23,687 France416
29,119 Brazil413
4,248 Czech Republic405
1,901 Lithuania271
631 Estonia260
5,220 Israel212
10,100 Peru171
21,848 Canada162
13,267 Greece147
3,381 Dominican Republic144
36,041 England118
Countries with thousands of Matas:
690 Spain7,947
3,939 Philippines3,351
3,018 Argentina1,642
4,819 Mexico1,309
462 Croatia1,127
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Comments

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Paris Pewitt
Matas is a Catalan name, topographic name, meaning forest, the name of the locality or area.

Matas Namesakes

  • Andrej Maťašovský, Soccer goalkeeper
  • I. Cassian Mătăsaru, Author
  • Cosimo Matassa, Record producer
  • Goffredo Matassi, Film actor
  • Kalkot Mataskelekele, Lawyer
  • Lidiya Matasova, Actress
  • David Matas, Legal counsel
  • Jaume Matas, Politician
  • Rudolph Matas, Medical Doctor
  • Carol Matas, Writer

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