Mattison: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Seen on a gravestone or a census line, Mattison usually leads back to Matteson. The family name meaning is “The son of Matt, pet form of Matthew (gift of Jehovah)”, the same as for Matteson.

Heraldry and the Mattison name

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

Spelling and variants

Mattison writes “i” in place of the “e” found in Matteson, a typical scribal difference. Other spellings include Matthison, Mattheson and Matheson.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Mattison with 7,485 bearers, at rank 4,737. Mattison sounds close to Mattson and Madison, so it can help to search both. For the full story, order the Mattison surname pack.