Matheson is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Matheson
No. of characters: 8
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Matheson

How popular is Matheson?

Matheson is common in South Africa.

Matheson is ranked 16517 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Matheson bearers increased by 3.87565 per cent in 2010 US census to 7585 since 2000, the surname slipped by 210 spots and ranked at 4678. The last name was found in around 26 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.43 93.18
Black 2.56 2.4
Hispanic or Latino 2.23 1.57
Others 1.7 1.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.11 0.92
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.98 0.62
Matheson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Cook Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 31807 people have been found who wears Matheson as their family name. Matheson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,209 Nicaragua10
9,568 Thailand8
5,565 Costa Rica8
14,193 Egypt3
11,342 Uruguay3
6,270 Hong Kong3
261 Vanuatu2
20,595 China2
54,641 Sweden2
4,164 Vietnam2
40,256 Mexico2
65,594 Belgium2
147,165 Czech Republic2
14,004 Hungary2
6,103 Cyprus2
42,479 Greece1
799 British Virgin Islands1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
810,193 Indonesia1
2,505 Congo1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
897,276 Russia1
2,211 Brunei1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
37,493 Austria1
5,916 Mozambique1
2,057 Isle of Man1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
24,176 Qatar1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
2,024 Mongolia1
7,895 South Korea1
29,046 Japan1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
13,447 Uganda1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
14,373 Jordan1
53,033 Nigeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
374 Grenada45
8,504 Ireland33
59,636 Spain29
57 Cook Islands27
4,356 Trinidad and Tobago27
20,233 Denmark25
1,064 Barbados23
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
57,588 Argentina75
5,257 Wales68
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
3,129 Northern Ireland60
14,717 Chile54
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Matheson:
906 Jamaica357
2,255 Norway289
50,182 Germany202
60,164 Brazil159
923 Guyana147
71,478 France135
Countries with thousands of Matheson:
4,085 United States9,804
589 Canada7,795
700 Australia4,332
2,798 England2,791
381 Scotland2,225
349 New Zealand1,716
5,715 South Africa1,132
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Finey Matheson was 28 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 29, 1849. He lived in Scotland where he worked as immigrant and took Arrick from Liverpool. Farmer Sam. Matheson, 20 years old Sarah Matheson, Margaret Matheson, aged 18, Thomas Matheson (22) Workman, 18 years old Jno. Matheson, 27 years old Ellen Matheson, Maid Ann Matheson, Robert Matheson, aged 46, and 5 other Matheson around 36.36% of whom were farmer while others worked as servant and mason migrated to US.

Matheson Namesakes

  • Ado Matheson, Musician
  • Alby Matheson, Australian Rules Footballer
  • Karen Matheson, Singer
  • Hans Matheson, Actor
  • Hans Matheson, Actor
  • Hans Matheson, Actor
  • Hans Matheson, Actor
  • Whitney Matheson, Writer
  • Ivan M. Matheson, Politician
  • Tim Matheson, Actor
  • Chris Matheson characterized the significant role of Dane Ryder in 2012 action, drama flick Agent Provocateur.

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