# Mazzei (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,876 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,589 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 164,577 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (1,785 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Mazzei.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mazzei 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mazzei in the United States.

## People named Mazzei

- Philip Mazzei, American diplomat (1730-1816)
- Mike Mazzei, American politician (born 1965)

## Similar surnames

Mazza, Maze, Mazzeo, Maza, Maez, Maize, McCoy, Mejia, Moss, McGee, Mack, Massey.

## 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.