My last name Matteo Means: gift of God

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Spelling variations include: Mattei, Mattedi, Matteini, Matteis, Matteo, Matteolli, Matteoni, Matteotti, Matteucci, Matteuzzi, Mattussi, Mattuzzi, Mattouzzi, Mattevi, Mattia, Mattiassi, Mattiato, Mattiazzi, Mattiello, Mattioni, Mattiuzzi, Mattissi, Mattucci, Matussi and many more.

First found in Abruzzi. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Jacob Matteis, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1741, Giacomo Mattei and Aynese Matteo, who both arrived on the S.S. Vincenzo Florio from Palermo in New York City in 1881, Carmela Mattino, who arrived in New York in 1888 aboard the SS Letimbro, as well as Donenico Mattino, who sailed aboard the SS Alesia from Naples, arriving in NY on March 22, 1893.