Massey

At the 2020 census, 52,666 Americans bore the surname Massey — 626th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 5,675.

By the numbers

People: 52,666
Rank: 626th
How common: 1 in 5,675
Per 100,000: 17.6

Where the name comes from

As an English surname, from the personal name Massy, a pet form of Matthew. Compare Mace.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Massey described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 70.2%
Black, not Hispanic 19.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.0%

Notable people called Massey

Raymond Massey (1896–1983)Canadian American actor
Doreen Massey (1944–2016)British social scientist and geographer
Kyle Massey (born 1991)American actor
Anna Massey (1937–2011)British actress
Drew Massey (born 1964)American puppeteer
Ilona Massey (1910–1974)Hungarian actress
Edith Massey (1918–1984)actress, singer
Daniel Massey (1933–1998)English actor and performer

People named Massey with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Massey

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.