Masset surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Masset surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 199 people carried this name — #86,992 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,221 people named Masset.

27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 27
Pas-de-Calais 636
Paris 152
Indre 128
Nord 78
Eure 74
Rhône 72
Seine-Maritime 63
Charente 59

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 849 people named Masset 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 Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 315
Namur 173
Hainaut 123
Limburg 108
Walloon Brabant 47
Brussels-Capital 37
Antwerp 27
Flemish Brabant 13

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

142 people named Masset live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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

Vaud 40
Fribourg 37
Geneva 32
Valais 15
Zurich 8
Bern 4
Basel-Stadt 3
Neuchâtel 3

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.

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