Mata (surname)

Mata, sometimes Matta, is a Portuguese and Spanish surname.

It may refer to:

• Bryan Mata (born 1999), Venezuelan baseball player
• Cesar Mata (born 1987), American Tech Entrepreneur
• Clinton Mata (born 1992), Angolan footballer
• Eduardo Mata (1942–1995), Mexican conductor and composer
• Ernesto Mata (1915–2012), Filipino military figure
• Francisco Mata (1932–2011), Venezuelan singer and composer
• Juan Mata (born 1988), Spanish footballer
• Lorenzo Mata (born 1986) Mexican-American basketball player
• Marcelino da Mata (1940–2021), Guinean-Português Army officer
• Marcos Mata (born 1986), Argentine basketball player
• Mario Suárez Mata (born 1987), Spanish footballer
• Marta Mata (1926–2006), Spanish pedagogue and politician
• Néstor Mata (1926–2018), Filipino journalist
• Olga Mata, Venezuelan woman detained for publishing a humorous TikTok video
• Vicente de la Mata (1918–1980), Argentine footballer
• Werner Mata (fl. 1969–1973), American soccer player