The Mathewson Last Name

Mathewson is one more way Matthewson has been written over the centuries. The name is generally explained as “Son of Matthew ("gift of God")”.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• The 2010 US Census counted 3,299 people named Mathewson, ranking it number 9,813 among American surnames.
• Mathewson drops the “t” of Matthewson, a simplification that clerks often made.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Mathewson, so the heraldry linked to Matthewson is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Mathewson family name pack.