Messina

12,156 people in the United States were counted with the surname Messina in the 2020 census, making it the 2,886th most common in the country. That is about one person in 24,600.

By the numbers

People: 12,156
Rank: 2,886th
How common: 1 in 24,600
Per 100,000: 4.1

Where the name comes from

Origin Italian

From Italian Messina.

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 90.7%
Hispanic or Latino 5.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
Black, not Hispanic 0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.04%

Notable people called Messina

Matteo Messina Denaro (1962–2023)Italian mob boss
Chris Messina (born 1974)American actor and director
Guido Messina (1931–2020)Italian cyclist
Ettore Messina (born 1959)Italian professional basketball coach
Jim Messina (born 1947)American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer
Jo Dee Messina (born 1970)American singer-songwriter

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

Surnames like Messina

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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.