The Matteo Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Spellings drift, and Matteo is where Mattei drifted for some families. Name scholars give the meaning as “from the personal name Matteo (Matthew)”.

How the spelling arose

Matteo and Mattei differ only in the final vowel; Italian surnames often appear in singular and plural versions. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Matteo by the numbers

The 2010 census count for Matteo in the United States was 2,078, good for rank 14,382. 274 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Matteo name at birth.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Mattei and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Matteo report, with a museum-style coat of arms.