is matos a puerto rican last name?

Answer 1

matos

1. Portuguese: widespread habitational name from any of numerous places in Portugal named Matos, from mata ‘brushwood’, ‘scrub’, ‘thicket’.
2. Spanish: topographic name, from the plural of Mato.
3. Hungarian: variant of Matus.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Mato

1. Galician and Portuguese: widespread habitational name from any of numerous places in Galicia and Portugal named Mato, from mata ‘brushwood’, ‘scrub’, ‘thicket’.
2. Spanish: topographic name from mato ‘scrub’.
3. Catalan (Mató): metonymic occupational name for a dairyman, from a word meaning ‘cream’; ‘curds’, ‘curd cheese’.
4. Hungarian (Mató): from a pet form of the personal name Maté, Hungarian form of Matthew.

Hope this helps....

Answer 2

Hello, Matos could be a Puerto Rican las name but also it could me a Mexican last name....

I'am latin born in Puerto Rico.

But the last name Matos is a latin name.

Hope my answer helped.

Answer 3

it could be... I used to know someone of the last name matos and he was italian tho.

Answer 4

yes i should know im full puerto rican