How common is the surname Masters?

23,533 people in the United States had the surname Masters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,120 Americans. It ranked 1,524th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Masters?

Edgar Lee Masters, American writer (1868–1950), followed by William H. Masters.

Where is the surname Masters most common?

Wikidata records people named Masters in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

Is the surname Masters getting more or less common?

More common. 23,106 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,533 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Masters

An occupational surname, carried by 23,533 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Masters is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation

Masters is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,533 people named Masters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,120 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,106.

#1,524

rank among US surnames

23,533

people in 2010

8.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,412)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,515	Payton	23,670	13,044
#1,516	Chappell	23,634	13,064
#1,517	Amos	23,621	13,071
#1,518	Hagen	23,616	13,074
#1,519	Phipps	23,610	13,077
#1,520	Self	23,595	13,085
#1,521	Larkin	23,578	13,095

Who is named Masters

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

91% of people named Masters identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Masterss

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1979
Blake Masters
American venture capitalist and author (born 1986)
Timothy Masters
Australian rower, born 1992
Helen Masters
British actress, born 1963

Notable Masterss come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Masters

Masters has the Soundex code M236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M236.

Questions

How common is the surname Masters?: 23,533 people in the United States had the surname Masters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,120 Americans. It ranked 1,524th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Masters?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Masters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Masters?: Edgar Lee Masters, American writer (1868–1950), followed by William H. Masters.
Where is the surname Masters most common?: Wikidata records people named Masters in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Masters?: Masters is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Masters getting more or less common?: More common. 23,106 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,533 in 2010, up 1.8%.