Mathias is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mathias
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Focused in the Puy-de-Dôme is a name of biblical origin, dating back to Hebrew mattithyahû = gift (mattath) of Yahweh. Mathias is the name of the apostle who replaced Judas. The first name is often confused with Matthew, which has the same etymology.

How popular is Mathias?

Mathias is common in United States.

Mathias is ranked 2898 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mathias bearers increased by 6.81873 per cent in 2010 US census to 8851 since 2000, the surname slipped by 75 spots and ranked at 4014. The last name was found in around 30 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.64 89.1
Black 4.88 3.96
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.78 2.68
Hispanic or Latino 2.91 1.85
Others 1.83 1.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.95 0.93
Mathias is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Tanzania which signifies that it is originated from Tanzania. Around 189597 people have been found who wears Mathias as their family name. Mathias is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
5,892 Senegal9
9,568 Thailand8
275,830 Ukraine8
1,481 Rwanda5
2,011 South Korea4
2,966 Benin4
11,342 Uruguay3
23,165 Romania3
1,851 Togo3
11,392 Slovakia3
46,068 Philippines3
3,949 Botswana3
635 Macau3
44,018 Poland2
31,767 Greece2
384 Guinea2
706 Burundi2
18,625 Japan2
2,835 Libya2
1,351 Lesotho2
14,004 Hungary2
5,139 Bolivia2
1,143 French Polynesia2
5,859 Mauritius2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
3,940 Ethiopia2
1,169 New Caledonia2
5,217 Zambia2
16,228 Bulgaria1
408 Åland1
29,595 Iran1
573 Vanuatu1
2,377 Marshall Islands1
16,640 Hong Kong1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
24,771 Colombia1
25,746 Finland1
7,191 Afghanistan1
1,254 Gibraltar1
28,746 Algeria1
6,820 Angola1
1,879 Belize1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
971 Seychelles1
2,309 Monaco1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
3,214 Niger1
17,768 Pakistan1
11,923 Slovenia1
3,307 Malta1
7,292 Vietnam1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,613 The Bahamas1
3,071 Jersey1
799 British Virgin Islands1
6,688 Malawi1
3,243 Suriname1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
9,591 Panama1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,712 Sweden44
3,714 Trinidad and Tobago35
49,393 Netherlands35
20,103 Norway33
11,685 Singapore24
10,383 Burkina Faso20
52,950 Czech Republic19
465 Bermuda19
4,083 Guyana19
3,343 China13
2,892 Iceland13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,456 Spain100
13,606 Peru100
6,636 Ecuador92
5,848 Scotland92
2,423 Jamaica89
14,658 Israel71
8,532 Denmark69
801 Luxembourg66
5,450 Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Mathias:
6,705 South Africa968
555 Oman928
4,988 Canada888
6,785 Kenya785
6,345 Saudi Arabia539
5,685 Ghana479
6,098 Australia477
873 Kuwait418
28,342 Indonesia373
11,880 Mexico366
1,086 Namibia326
6,095 Zimbabwe321
7,032 Belgium260
39,356 Italy213
3,802 New Zealand201
5,328 Chile189
6,872 Austria183
6,581 Switzerland180
10,151 Malaysia177
1,002 Bahrain159
3,633 Portugal148
1,699 Qatar146
31,070 Turkey140
123 Micronesia128
44,861 Argentina105
4,554 Lebanon105
Countries with thousands of Mathias:
1,322 Uganda4,854
1,720 France4,004
2,286 Germany3,665
235 Papua New Guinea2,989
1,494 Cameroon2,379
3,316 England2,318
945 Haiti1,668
25,459 India1,517
747 United Arab Emirates1,376
309 Wales1,118
2,347 Ivory Coast1,023
Countries with ten thousands of Mathias:
52 Tanzania84,945
490 Brazil42,070
1,706 Nigeria14,672
3,740 United States10,653
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Comments

M
Merlin Fulop
Mathias is a name of biblical origin representing the short form of the Greek mattahias which means gift from God.

Mathias Namesakes

  • In 2011, Charlotte Mathias portrayed the role of Jetta in sci-fi movie Dreamscape.
  • In 2011 sci-fi movie, Dreamscape, Maddy Mathias characterized Sybra.

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