This page lists notable people with the surname (that is, family name) Matthews.
For a list of notable people with the surname Matthew (without -s), see Matthew (surname).
For a list of notable people with the surname Mathews (with only one "t"), see Mathews (surname).
As of 2014, 53.6% of all known bearers of the surname Matthews were residents of the United States (frequency 1:2,136), 19.2% of England (1:917), 8.1% of Australia (1:932), 4.9% of South Africa (1:3,498), 4.8% of Canada (1:2,425), 2.0% of Wales (1:492), 1.1% of New Zealand (1:1,251), 1.0% of the Republic of Ireland (1:1,445) and 1.0% of Jamaica (1:908).
In Wales, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:492) in the following principal areas: In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:917) in the following unitary authority districts: In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:2,136) in the following states:[1]