Mates

See also: mates, mateš, matés, matęs, mâtes, mâtés, mātēs, and mātes

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté.
• Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).

Proper noun

Mates (plural Mateses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mates is the 39419^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 558 individuals. Mates is most common among White (82.26%) individuals.

Further reading

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatɛs]

Proper noun

1. A pet form of the male given name Matěj.

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