How common is the surname Masson?

2,813 people in the United States had the surname Masson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,757 Americans. It ranked 11,236th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Masson?

In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Masson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Masson?

Émile Masson, Belgian cyclist (1888–1973), followed by Chana Masson.

Where is the surname Masson most common?

Wikidata records people named Masson in Belgium, Brazil and the United States and 1 other country.

Is the surname Masson getting more or less common?

More common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,813 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Masson

A surname, carried by 2,813 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Masson is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,813 people named Masson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,757 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,718.

#11,236

rank among US surnames

2,813

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,773)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,228	Killinger	2,815	109,679
#11,229	Berthiaume	2,814	109,718
#11,236	Walkup	2,813	109,757
#11,241	Scoville	2,812	109,796

Who is named Masson

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

78% of people named Masson identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Massons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Émile Masson
Belgian cyclist (1888–1973)
Chana Masson
Brazilian handball player, born 1978
Jeffrey Masson
American writer and activist, born 1941
Francis Masson
British botanist (1741-1805)
Jacobus Latomus
Belgian theologian (1475-1544)

Notable Massons come mostly from Belgium (1), Brazil (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Masson

Masson has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Questions

How common is the surname Masson?: 2,813 people in the United States had the surname Masson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,757 Americans. It ranked 11,236th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Masson?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Masson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Masson?: Émile Masson, Belgian cyclist (1888–1973), followed by Chana Masson.
Where is the surname Masson most common?: Wikidata records people named Masson in Belgium, Brazil and the United States and 1 other country.
Is the surname Masson getting more or less common?: More common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,813 in 2010, up 3.5%.