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    The surname Masias

    A Catalan surname, carried by 879 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M220

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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). Masias is more common than 83.1% of them.

    Origin

    Catalan origin

    Borrowed from Catalan Masias, a variant of Masies, from masia (“farmstead”). This surname is mostly found in Peru.

    One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 879 people named Masias in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 351,246 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 889.

    #27,435
    rank among US surnames
    879
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #25,945)

    Who is named Masias

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

    83% of people named Masias identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Masias

    Masias has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.

    Other Catalan surnames

    All 39 Catalan surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Masias come from?
    Borrowed from Catalan Masias, a variant of Masies, from masia (“farmstead”). This surname is mostly found in Peru.
    How common is the surname Masias?
    879 people in the United States had the surname Masias in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 351,246 Americans. It ranked 27,435th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Masias?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Masias identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Masias getting more or less common?
    Less common. 889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 879 in 2010, down 1.1%.