Matlock

Matlock is the 2,982nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 11,808 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 25,300.

By the numbers

People: 11,808
Rank: 2,982nd
How common: 1 in 25,300
Per 100,000: 4.0

Where the name comes from

From Old English mæðel or mæþel "assembly, speech" and āc "oak.".

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Matlock described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 70.4%
Black, not Hispanic 19.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Matlock

Glen Matlock (born 1956)British bassist

People named Matlock with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Matlock

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.