Matar

See also: matar

English

Etymology

From the Spanish and Portuguese habitational surname based on several places in the Iberian peninsula, ultimately from mata (“forest, woods”).

Proper noun

Matar (plural Matars)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Matar is the 30013^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 782 individuals. Matar is most common among White (72.63%) and Hispanic/Latino (17.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Matar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 531.

Anagrams

• MARTA, Marta, Tamar, Tamra, matra, trama