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Matthews (surname)

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This page lists notable people with the s surname (that is, family name) Matthews.


For a list of notable people with the surname Matthew (without -s), see Matthew (surname).

For a list of notable people with the surname Mathews (with only one "t"), see Mathews (surname).

For a list of notable people with the forename (that is, given name) Matthew, see Matthew (name).

For the etymology of the name Matthew and for cognates (related forenames and surnames), see Matthew (name).

Matthews is a surname derived from the forename Matthew.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 53.6% of all known bearers of the surname Matthews were residents of the United States (frequency 1:2,136), 19.2% of England (1:917), 8.1% of Australia (1:932), 4.9% of South Africa (1:3,498), 4.8% of Canada (1:2,425), 2.0% of Wales (1:492), 1.1% of New Zealand (1:1,251), 1.0% of the Republic of Ireland (1:1,445) and 1.0% of Jamaica (1:908).

In Wales, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:492) in the following principal areas:

In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:917) in the following unitary authority districts:

In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:2,136) in the following states:[1]

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References

  1. ^ Matthews surname distribution
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