The Massaro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,089 people carried this name — #6,651 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,906 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 853 people named Massaro 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
287 people named Massaro live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 138 people named Massaro.
67 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Massaro 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 Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
55 people named Massaro 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).
In print
Massaro in American newspapers,
1903–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 676 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Massaro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicola Massaro 1601–1704 · painter
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Domingo Massaro 1927–2025 · association football player
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Raymond Massaro 1929–2019 · cobbler
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Francesco Massaro 1935–2026 · screenwriter
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Laura Tusa Massaro 1949– · classical scholar
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Giuliana Daniela Massaro 1955– · classical scholar
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Massaro.
- Masoni 114 · U.S. census
- Masotti 330 · U.S. census
- Masquelier 143 · U.S. census
- Massa 6,111 · U.S. census
- Massard 128 · U.S. census
- Massari 826 · U.S. census
- Massart 271 · U.S. census
- Massas 207 · U.S. census
- Massay 187 · U.S. census
- Masse 3,753 · U.S. census
- Massee 233 · U.S. census
- Massei 185 · U.S. census
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