Mattsson is a Swedish surname.
Geographical distribution
editAs of 2014, 79.7% of all known bearers of the surname Mattsson were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:541), 12.0% of Finland (1:2,009), 2.3% of the United States (1:672,721), 1.9% of Denmark (1:12,887) and 1.2% of Norway (1:18,235).
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:541) in the following counties:
- 1. Blekinge County (1:181)
- 2. Uppsala County (1:244)
- 3. Jämtland County (1:268)
- 4. Dalarna County (1:382)
- 5. Västernorrland County (1:401)
- 6. Gävleborg County (1:422)
- 7. Gotland County (1:464)
- 8. Värmland County (1:466)
- 9. Västerbotten County (1:468)
- 10. Västra Götaland County (1:506)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,009) in the following regions:[1]
- 1. Åland (1:41)
- 2. Southwest Finland (1:937)
- 3. Ostrobothnia (1:988)
- 4. Central Ostrobothnia (1:1,520)
- 5. Uusimaa (1:1,910)
People
edit- André Mattsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- Arne Mattsson, Swedish film director
- Frank Mattsson, Finnish composer Oskar Merikanto
- Helena Mattsson, a Swedish actress
- Lars Eric Mattsson, Finnish musician
- Magnus Mattsson, Danish footballer
- Markus Mattsson, Finnish ice hockey player
- Stein-Erik Mattsson (born 1959), Norwegian lawyer, journalist, and comedian