Mates

See also: mates, mateš, matés, matęs, mâtes, mâtés, mātēs, and mātes

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté.
• Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).

Proper noun

Mates (plural Mateses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mates is the 39419^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 558 individuals. Mates is most common among White (82.26%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mates”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 531.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatɛs]

Proper noun

Mates m anim

1. a diminutive of the male given name Matěj

Declension

Declension of Mates (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Mates	Matesové
genitive	Matesa	Matesů
dative	Matesovi, Matesu	Matesům
accusative	Matesa	Matesy
vocative	Matese	Matesové
locative	Matesovi, Matesu	Matesech
instrumental	Matesem	Matesy

Further reading

• “Mates”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Mates”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989