Family name マトソン (Matson 
, マトソン 
) , across the world, is a common last name. The surname マトソン is habitual in Estonia, where it is quite a common surname, New Zealand, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United States. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Much less frequently, マトソン is the forename as well as the last name.