# Masters (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/masters/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,533 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,524 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,120 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (23,106 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Masters in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Masters in the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

## People named Masters

- Edgar Lee Masters, American writer (1868–1950)
- William H. Masters, American gynecologist (1915–2001)
- Maxwell Tylden Masters, British botanist (1833-1907)
- Ben Masters, American actor (1947–2023)
- Karen Masters, astrophysicist
- Blake Masters, American venture capitalist and author (born 1986)
- Timothy Masters, Australian rower
- Helen Masters, British actress

## Similar surnames

Masterson, Meister, Master, Mastrangelo, McAteer, Mastroianni, Mastro, Mister, McWaters, McDermott, Mistry, Mistretta.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.