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    The surname Mast

    A surname, carried by 15,932 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M230

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mast is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“mast (pole on a ship)”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“fodder”). * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Mast (“fat”), itself related to the sense of "fodder" above.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,932 people named Mast in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,379 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,869.

    #2,288
    rank among US surnames
    15,932
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,587)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,279Hauser15,98119,320
    #2,280Cleary15,98019,321
    #2,281Nugent15,97719,324
    #2,282Boudreaux15,97619,326
    #2,283Nickerson15,97019,333
    #2,284Sorenson15,96219,343
    #2,285Rowell15,95219,355

    Who is named Mast

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

    97% of people named Mast identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Masts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Brian Mast
      American politician and United States Army veteran, born 1980

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mast

    Mast has the Soundex code M230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M230.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mast come from?
    * As a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“mast (pole on a ship)”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“fodder”). * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Mast (“fat”), itself related to the sense of "fodder" above.
    How common is the surname Mast?
    15,932 people in the United States had the surname Mast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,379 Americans. It ranked 2,288th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mast?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Mast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Mast?
    Brian Mast, American politician and United States Army veteran.
    Where is the surname Mast most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mast in the United States.
    Is the surname Mast getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,869 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,932 in 2010, up 24%.