# Mason (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation for a stonemason.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 160,213 |
| US rank (2010) | 166 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,927 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (155,484 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmeɪsən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mason 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mason in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Barbados.

## People named Mason

- James Mason, British actor (1909–1984)
- Sandra Mason, 1st president of Barbados
- Marsha Mason, American actress (born 1942)
- George Mason, American delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (1725-1792)
- Jackie Mason, American comedian (1928-2021)
- Anthony Mason, American basketball player (1966-2015)
- Desmond Mason, American basketball player (born 1977)
- Jeanine Mason, American dancer
- Lowell Mason, American composer; leading figure in American church music
- Mya Mason, American pornographic actress
- Shirley Mason, American actress (1900–1979)
- Harvey Mason, American jazz drummer

and 35 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Masson, Mazzone, Mazon, Musson, Mazzoni, Maisano, Mayson, Macon, Maxson, Maxon, Magno, Magoon.

## 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.