Mattia: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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The meaning behind Mattia

Your Mattia ancestor may well appear as Matías in earlier records. In origin, the name means “from the name Matías”.

Records show Mattia as one of the forms Matías took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Mattias, Matti and Mattis. According to the 2010 US Census, the Mattia surname had 2,025 bearers. French civil records give 289 births under the name Mattia from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970. Births under the name grew in the later decades.

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