Mathers Surname

38,285th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Mathers Surname Definition:

Mather's (Son), Mather’s Son v. Mather.

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Mathers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,5931:64,8067,578
England2,3851:23,3623,253
Australia2,0641:13,0791,891
Canada1,5171:24,2883,303
Scotland9521:5,624925
Northern Ireland5391:3,423678
New Zealand3281:13,8062,394
South Africa811:668,86148,796
Wales591:52,4504,823
Ireland321:147,1546,785
France151:4,428,181244,602
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
India111:69,733,217610,955
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
China41:341,830,39216,990
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Maldives11:404,1727,269
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3991:11,1021,552
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2011:20,2962,882
Scotland5891:6,355917
Wales211:74,6863,520
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5501:32,3993,894

Mathers (29) may also be a first name.

Mathers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Mather's (Son), Mather’s Son v. Mather.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who cut grass, a mower; descendant of Mathhere (power, army).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname is derived from the Old English word "moethere" and means mower of grass or hay. The surname has maintained relevance mostly only in English speaking/colonized areas. The -s was added to denote that one is a son of a Mather, another English surname most commonly attached to the famous preacher Cotton Mather.

- kmathers

Mathers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mathers Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mathers is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mathers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 38,285th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 530,235 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Mathers reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,951,561st most common first name throughout the world It is held by 29 people.

The surname Mathers is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 5,593 people, or 1 in 64,806. In The United States Mathers is most common in: California, where 10 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States it is found in 68 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent reside and Australia, where 15 percent reside.

Mathers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mathers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mathers surname expanded 361 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 199 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 162 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 281 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Mathers Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (51%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Mathers last name are 10.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.65% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Mathers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 207.98% more than the national average, earning R 731,868 per year; in United States they earn 4.73% more than the national average, earning $45,190 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.39% more than the national average, earning $55,838 CAD per year.

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Mathers Reference & Research

Mather DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Mather FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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