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De Matos Surname Meaning

Spanish Galician and Portuguese: variant of Matos with the preposition de ‘from’. Compare De Mattos.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Between 1974 and 2002, in the United States, De Matos life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1999, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for De Matos in 1974 was 90, and 76 in 2002.

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