Mateen is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mateen
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Surname is form of the Marton. The name of many parishes, townships, manors, etc., in the northern counties, from the Anglo-Saxon mere, a lake or pool, and tún, an enclosure or homestead. Family bearing the name were the Martons of Capernwray, county of Lancaster, who claim lineal descent from Paganus de Marton, the Norman lord of E. and W.Marton in Craven, soon after the Conquest.

A variant form of Marten. The Martens of Sussex are stated to have come from the "province of Aquitaine, in France, and lived there Anno 1386." Kent's Grammar of Heraldry, 1716.

Mateen is the variation of Lamartine. Of the martin or swallow.

Family name Mateen is a form of the Marzullo. Descendant of Marzullo, name sometimes given to one born in March.

Mateen is the form of Martinez. The son of Martin, i.e., belonging to Mars, the god of war.

Mateen is the form of Martinet. Descendant of little Martin, i.e., belonging to Mars, the god of war.

The variation of the Marti. Descendant of Marti, i.e., belonging to Mars; descendant of Marti meaning "Tuesday," a name sometimes given to one born on Tuesday.

Mateen is the variant of Martins. See Martin - From the personal name, rendered illustrious by St. Martin, the apostol of the Gauls. Many places in Normandy were dedicated to him, and from one of these sprang the great family who came hither at the Conquest under the name of De Sancto Martino. Both as a personal designation, and a surname, it is very widely spread in all the countries of western Europe. At Paris it is amongst the very commonest of all family names, answering to our own Smith for frequency. Its derivatives are Martins and Martinson. Martineau is well naturalized here, and Martinelli, Martinez, Martini, and other foreign forms are becoming so. The name of the Saint was perhaps derived from the Latin martius, warlike.

Mateen is the form of the Matin. Probably corruption of Martin.

How popular is Mateen?

Mateen is common in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, India, United Arab Emirates, United States, Ghana, England, Qatar, Canada.

Mateen is ranked 14405 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Mateens grew by 66.43 per cent to 694 since 2000 and ranked 32994 after elevating 14741 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 60.37 67.39
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 23.34 13.91
White 8.79 8.39
Others 5.33 8.15
Mateen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Pakistan which signifies its Pakistan provenence. Around 38735 people have been found who wears Mateen as their family name. Mateen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Mateen:
531 Pakistan29,921
Countries with thousands of Mateen:
1,255 Saudi Arabia3,419
15,778 India2,767
Countries with hundreds of Mateen:
1,341 United Arab Emirates855
39,558 United States781
9,187 Ghana277
30,397 England120
2,139 Qatar119
30,982 Canada108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,585 Kuwait77
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,933 Oman49
8,369 Afghanistan40
68,491 Australia21
189,895 Germany16
19,343 Iraq16
78,777 Malaysia15
375,884 Thailand13
18,211 Singapore13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
41,629 Norway10
73,605 Sweden10
48,153 Egypt9
25,488 Scotland7
47,603 Denmark6
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Mateen Namesakes

  • Sabir Mateen, musician and composer from Philadelphia

Mateen Namesakes

  • Sabir Mateen, musician and composer from Philadelphia

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