Mates is used as a family name or surname in Romania. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mates
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Romania
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Mates

How popular is Mates?

Mates is common in Romania.

Mates is ranked 66617 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Mateses plummeted by 19.94261 per cent to 558 since 2000 and slipped by 7993 spots and ranked at 39419. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.26 88.09
Hispanic or Latino 7.35 4.3
Black 4.66 3.3
Others 3.23 2.44
Mates is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Romania which signifies that it is originated from Romania. Around 6808 people have been found who wears Mates as their family name. Mates is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
48,950 Moldova6
32,695 Nigeria3
16,605 Austria3
70,383 Tanzania3
10,762 Hungary3
5,726 Puerto Rico2
91,024 Belgium1
16,228 Bulgaria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
34,581 Chile1
24,771 Colombia1
3,275 Nepal1
16,640 Hong Kong1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
24,421 Slovakia1
8,859 Iraq1
53,505 Turkey1
19,533 Uruguay1
29,774 Venezuela1
18,969 Wales1
42,479 Greece1
12,745 Luxembourg1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
20,906 Israel47
212,163 Russia41
197,587 Indonesia34
378,102 India24
42,407 Sweden22
18,457 Scotland20
220,909 Ukraine12
23,990 Serbia11
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,308 Ireland82
78,184 Italy67
Countries with hundreds of Mates:
35,040 United States819
16,841 Brazil779
18,492 Philippines773
8,579 Spain452
15,929 England355
2,873 Croatia291
8,529 Czech Republic210
16,478 Australia160
71,225 Germany134
40,399 Argentina119
32,272 Canada103
Countries with thousands of Mates:
1,163 Romania2,150
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Richard Mates worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 26 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on Satellite and arrived on July 5, 1849. Immigrant Jos. Mates, are other Mates that migrated to US.

Mates Namesakes

  • Anatoli Mateshko, Actor
  • Cristi Matesan, Musical artist
  • Dietrich Mateschitz, Businessman
  • Pavlos Matesis, Novelist
  • Pavlos Matesis, Novelist
  • Michael Mates, Politician
  • Vita Mateshik, Olympic athlete

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