Matte Family History
Matte Name Meaning
South German: topographic name for someone who lived near a
meadow, from Middle High German matte ‘meadow’.Dutch (van der Matt(e)): topographic name for someone who
lived by a meadow, or habitational name from any of various places
named Made or Maete, from Middle Dutch matte, matta
‘meadow’.Southern French: possibly a habitational name from
the common demesne name La Matte, La Mathe, derived from Occitan
mata ‘bush’, ‘shrub’, ‘thicket’, ‘brush’. Compare Mata
1. DK says unlikely, but offers no alternative.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Matte
Name Distribution of Matte Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Matte families
 3 - 2  2 - 2 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Matte census records
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Matte Family Origin
Matte Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Matte Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Matte census records
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Military Service by Matte
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