Find out how popular the last name Matznick is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Matznick.

Matznick, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Matznick surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Matznick in America

Matznick is the 115639th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Matznick surname appeared 151 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Matznick.

We can also compare 2010 data for Matznick to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Matznick

The surname Matznick is believed to have originated in Germany during the late medieval period, around the 15th or 16th century. It is thought to have derived from the German words "matz" or "matze," which were old terms used to refer to a person named Matthew or a diminutive form of the name Matthew. The suffix "-nick" was a common patronymic suffix added to surnames in certain regions of Germany, indicating "son of."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in church records from the town of Zwickau in Saxony, Germany, where a Hans Matznick was listed as a resident in the year 1548. The name also appears in various tax records and land deeds from the 16th and 17th centuries in the regions of Saxony, Thuringia, and Silesia, which were part of the Holy Roman Empire at the time.

In the 18th century, a notable bearer of the name was Johann Matznick, a Lutheran theologian and writer who was born in Zittau, Saxony, in 1712 and died in 1781. His works included several religious texts and sermons published during his lifetime.

Another historically significant figure with this surname was Karl Matznick, a German philosopher and academic who lived from 1852 to 1928. He taught at the University of Berlin and was known for his writings on ethics and moral philosophy.

In the 20th century, a prominent individual named Matznick was Erich Matznick, a German actor and film director who was born in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) in 1898 and died in Berlin in 1979. He appeared in numerous German films during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and also directed several productions.

Another notable bearer of the surname was Hans-Joachim Matznick, a German military officer who served in World War II. He was born in 1909 and rose to the rank of Major General in the Wehrmacht before being captured by Soviet forces in 1945.

While the surname Matznick is not as common as some other German surnames, it has a long and documented history that can be traced back to its origins in the medieval period and the regions of central and eastern Germany.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Matznick

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Matznick.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Matznick was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Matznick has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Matznick was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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