Where Does the Mathes Surname Come From?

Spelled Mathes, the surname still points back to Matthes. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Gift of God”. Without the “t” of Matthes, Mathes is a simpler written form of the same name.

About 6,553 people in the United States were recorded as Mathes in 2010, placing it 5,319 on the national list. 290 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Mathes name at birth.

Arms linked to Matthes and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Mathes family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.