How common is the surname Massa?

6,111 people in the United States had the surname Massa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,523 Americans. It ranked 5,677th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Massa?

In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Massa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Massa?

Felipe Massa, Brazilian race car driver, followed by Sergio Massa.

Where is the surname Massa most common?

Wikidata records people named Massa in Brazil, Argentina and the United States.

Is the surname Massa getting more or less common?

More common. 5,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,111 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Massa

An Italian surname, carried by 6,111 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Massa is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Both borrowed from Italian Massa, from Latin Māssa, from massa (“mass, bulk”). Compare Massey.

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 6,111 people named Massa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,523 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,651.

#5,677

rank among US surnames

6,111

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,633)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,668	Ismail	6,126	50,399
#5,669	Brister	6,123	50,424
#5,671	Elmer	6,119	50,457
#5,672	Shaughnessy	6,117	50,473
#5,673	Christopherson	6,115	50,490
#5,674	Serra	6,114	50,498
#5,675	Paradis	6,113	50,506

Who is named Massa

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

81% of people named Massa identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Massas

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Felipe Massa
Brazilian race car driver, born 1981
Sergio Massa
Argentine politician and lawyer (born 1972)
Eric Massa
American politician, born 1959

Notable Massas come mostly from Brazil (1), Argentina (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Masa

Surnames that sound like Massa

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Massa come from?: Both borrowed from Italian Massa, from Latin Māssa, from massa (“mass, bulk”). Compare Massey.
How common is the surname Massa?: 6,111 people in the United States had the surname Massa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,523 Americans. It ranked 5,677th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Massa?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Massa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Massa?: Felipe Massa, Brazilian race car driver, followed by Sergio Massa.
Where is the surname Massa most common?: Wikidata records people named Massa in Brazil, Argentina and the United States.
Is the surname Massa getting more or less common?: More common. 5,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,111 in 2010, up 8.1%.
What are other spellings of Massa?: Masa.