How common is the surname Mass?

2,588 people in the United States had the surname Mass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. It ranked 12,048th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mass?

In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Mass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mass getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,588 in 2010, down 4.8%.

The surname Mass

A surname, carried by 2,588 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mass is more common than 92.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,588 people named Mass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,718.

#12,048

rank among US surnames

2,588

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-4.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,773)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,042	Oliveras	2,591	119,161
#12,043	Heckler	2,590	119,207
#12,047	Whittier	2,589	119,253
#12,048	Branscum	2,588	119,299
#12,055	Evens	2,587	119,345

Who is named Mass

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

72% of people named Mass identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mass

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

Questions

How common is the surname Mass?: 2,588 people in the United States had the surname Mass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,299 Americans. It ranked 12,048th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mass?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Mass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mass getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,588 in 2010, down 4.8%.