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The surname Masi

An Italian surname, carried by 3,083 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M200

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Masi is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Masi.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,083 people named Masi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,145 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,012.

#10,434
rank among US surnames
3,083
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+2.4%
change since 2000 (was #9,885)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,427Belew3,086100,047
#10,429Yearwood3,085100,080
#10,434Dineen3,083100,145
#10,437Dyess3,082100,177
#10,440Haslam3,081100,210

Who is named Masi

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Masi identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Masis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Michael Masi
    Australian motorsports official, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Masi

Masi has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Masi come from?
Borrowed from Italian Masi.
How common is the surname Masi?
3,083 people in the United States had the surname Masi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,145 Americans. It ranked 10,434th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Masi?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Masi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Masi?
Michael Masi, Australian motorsports official.
Where is the surname Masi most common?
Wikidata records people named Masi in Australia.
Is the surname Masi getting more or less common?
More common. 3,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,083 in 2010, up 2.4%.