Origin of the name Matusov

The name Matusov was spread in the beginning of the 20-th century in Russia in such places as Minsk, Gomel', Vasilkovo, Belaya Tserkov' and Dvinsk. According to the researcher A. Beider this name comes from the Hebrew name "Matitiyahu". He says that Matitiyahu passed into Matisiyahu while already the shortened Matis became Matus.

Twenty three people with the name Matusov live in the USA. Judging by the names, these are mainly people born in the FSU who left to the USA in the last decade. Having said that, it turns out that the name Matus is much more spread in the USA than its Russian version "Matusov". At the moment there are 1716 people with the name Matus who reside in the USA. In addition there is one more way of writing - "Matusow" and in the USA there are 102 people having this name. Majority of them live in California. They mainly have Jewish or English names. According to our data, majority of them are relatives or members of one or several related families who came to the US from Russia in the beginning of the 20-th century.