# Maske (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/maske/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,878 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,571 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 164,401 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,646 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Maske.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Maske in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Maske in the Kingdom of Prussia.

## People named Maske

- Wilhelm Amberg, 19th-century German painter (1822-1899)

## Similar surnames

Mask, Macek, Masek, Mack, Massey, Mays, Mackey, Mace, Massie, Maas, Maki, Mackie.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.