Mateer is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mateer
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Mateer

How popular is Mateer?

Mateer is common in United States.

Mateer is ranked 162058 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mateer bearers increased by 0.5813953 per cent in 2010 US census to 1384 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1007 spots and ranked at 19513. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.85 91.13
Black 2.82 4.94
Hispanic or Latino 1.95 1.6
Others 1.23 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.16 1.31
Mateer is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Northern Ireland. Around 2275 people have been found who wears Mateer as their family name. Mateer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
918,840 India5
26,532 Chile2
4,104 South Korea2
12,844 Pakistan2
897,276 Russia1
118,015 Netherlands1
9,116 Nicaragua1
30,360 Thailand1
107,212 South Africa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
17,064 New Zealand31
9,692 Ireland27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
41,664 Canada76
8,082 Scotland59
Countries with hundreds of Mateer:
18,862 England285
1,341 Northern Ireland215
18,714 Australia137
Countries with thousands of Mateer:
22,086 United States1,429

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jane Mateer worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 60 years old embarked for USA from Belfast on Chieftain and arrived on May 29, 1849. Immigrant Susanna Mateer, David Mateer, aged 22, Immigrant John Mateer, Mary Mateer, aged 18, Spinster Margaret Mateer, Mary Mateer, aged 55, Margt. Mateer (22) Maid, Edmd. Mateer (7), and 1 other Mateer mainly servant migrated to US from Belfast, Newry and Liverpool.

Mateer Namesakes

  • Trista Mateer, Author

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