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    The surname Massie

    A surname, carried by 10,920 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

    Massie: #3,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Massie #3,296, 10,920 people Massie: #3,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Massie #3,296, 10,920 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Massie is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,920 people named Massie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,273 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,525.

    #3,296
    rank among US surnames
    10,920
    people in 2010
    3.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #3,143)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,287Dial10,99728,075
    #3,288Pino10,99328,086
    #3,289Needham10,98328,111
    #3,290Wheat10,97928,121
    #3,291Tsai10,96828,150
    #3,292Nagle10,96328,163
    #3,293Sifuentes10,95428,186

    Who is named Massie

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

    82% of people named Massie identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Massies

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thomas Massie
      American politician, born 1971
    • Robert K. Massie
      American historian (1929–2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Massie

    Massie 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 Massie?
    10,920 people in the United States had the surname Massie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,273 Americans. It ranked 3,296th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Massie?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Massie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Massie?
    Thomas Massie, American politician, followed by Robert K. Massie.
    Where is the surname Massie most common?
    Wikidata records people named Massie in the United States.
    Is the surname Massie getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,920 in 2010, up 3.8%.