The Masse surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,495 people carried this name — #8,663 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,525 people named Masse.
127 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Charente-Maritime.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 192 people named Masse 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.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
59 people named Masse live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Masse.
- Massard 128 · U.S. census
- Massari 948 · U.S. census
- Massaro 4,906 · U.S. census
- Massart 245 · U.S. census
- Massas 165 · U.S. census
- Massay 186 · U.S. census
- Massee 259 · U.S. census
- Massei 230 · U.S. census
- Massel 153 · U.S. census
- Massena 343 · U.S. census
- Masset 199 · U.S. census
- Massetti 343 · U.S. census
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