The Maas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,285 people carried this name — #3,818 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 9,410 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Maas surname
A male surname from German.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maas» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 761 people named Maas live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 354 people named Maas.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
133 people named Maas live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 75 people named Maas live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
66 people named Maas have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 115 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Maas is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Maas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Maas 1852–1889 · composer -
Luise Mendelsohn 1894–1980 · musician -
Robert Maas 1901–1948 · cellist -
Rob Maas 1932– · director -
Kurt Maas 1942–2011 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 278 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maas.
- Ly 29,891 · U.S. census
- Lynch 117,708 · U.S. census
- Lyon 27,690 · U.S. census
- Lyons 84,516 · U.S. census
- Lys 245 · U.S. census
- Ma 28,452 · U.S. census
- Mabile 477 · U.S. census
- Mabon 883 · U.S. census
- Mabrouk 225 · U.S. census
- Mac 2,321 · U.S. census
- Macaluso 4,542 · U.S. census
- Macari 762 · U.S. census
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