Last Name MATTER

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Meaning Not available
Origin Jewish, Dutch, Polish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 10,350 (2000 US census) 13,712 (1990 US census)
Count 2,851 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.58%, or 2725 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.05%, or 30 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.74%, or 21 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.77%, or 22 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.67%, or 19 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.19%, or 34 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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