Mateu History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Mateu family

The surname Mateu was first found in Champagne, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Ardennes/Marne and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Mateu family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mateu research. Another 57 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1630 and 1696 are included under the topic Early Mateu History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mateu Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Matey, Mateu, Mathy, Mathay, Mathenay, Mathe, Mathey, Maathe, Mathei, Mattei, Mathei, Mathes and many more.

Early Notables of the Mateu family

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Mateu Ranking

France, the name Mateu is the 8,269^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Mateu migration to the United States +

Mateu Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Joseph Mateu, aged 60, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1837 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Mateu (post 1700) +

Josep Eduard Almudéver Mateu (1919-2021), French volunteer in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, born in Marseille

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)