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matthews Name Meaning and History

  1. English: patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.
  2. Irish (Ulster and County Louth): used as an Americanized form of McMahon.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of matthews Families in the US in 1920
Number of matthews families
 487-971
 163-486		 1-162
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