How common is the surname Mazzei?

1,876 people in the United States had the surname Mazzei in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,577 Americans. It ranked 15,589th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mazzei?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mazzei identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mazzei?

Philip Mazzei, American diplomat (1730-1816), followed by Mike Mazzei.

Where is the surname Mazzei most common?

Wikidata records people named Mazzei in the United States.

Is the surname Mazzei getting more or less common?

More common. 1,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,876 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Mazzei

An Italian surname, carried by 1,876 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mazzei is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Mazzei.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,876 people named Mazzei in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,577 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,785.

#15,589

rank among US surnames

1,876

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,154)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,589	Blass	1,876	164,577
#15,595	Puffer	1,875	164,664

Who is named Mazzei

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

91% of people named Mazzei identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.8%
Two or more races 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mazzeis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mazzei

Mazzei has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mazzei come from?: Borrowed from Italian Mazzei.
How common is the surname Mazzei?: 1,876 people in the United States had the surname Mazzei in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,577 Americans. It ranked 15,589th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mazzei?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mazzei identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mazzei?: Philip Mazzei, American diplomat (1730-1816), followed by Mike Mazzei.
Where is the surname Mazzei most common?: Wikidata records people named Mazzei in the United States.
Is the surname Mazzei getting more or less common?: More common. 1,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,876 in 2010, up 5.1%.