Mateja

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Mateja.

Proper noun

Mateja (plural Matejas)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mateja is the 38582^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Mateja is most common among White (98.43%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtɛ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɛja
• Syllabification: Ma‧te‧ja

Proper noun

Mateja m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Mateja

	singular	plural
nominative	Mateja	Matejowie
genitive	Matei	Matejów
dative	Matei	Matejom
accusative	Mateję	Matejów
instrumental	Mateją	Matejami
locative	Matei	Matejach
vocative	Matejo	Matejowie

Proper noun

Mateja f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Mateja

	singular	plural
nominative	Mateja	Mateje
genitive	Matei	Matej
dative	Matei	Matejom
accusative	Mateję	Mateje
instrumental	Mateją	Matejami
locative	Matei	Matejach
vocative	Matejo	Mateje

Further reading

• “Mateja”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovene

Proper noun

Mateja f

1. a female given name