The Massey surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 55,595 people carried this name — #610 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,310 people counted. That is up 4% from 53,459 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 11 births for the Massey name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Down.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 324 people named Massey.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Aube.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 295 people named Massey 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
43 people named Massey live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 the Nordic population registers
28 people named Massey 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
Massey in American newspapers,
1903–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 185,946 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Massey,
with a public archive behind them.
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Katherine Massey d. 2022 · writer
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Simon Massey d. 2021 · university teacher
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Richard Massey d. 1812 · planter
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Marion Massey d. 2014 · talent manager
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Madeline Elizabeth Massey d. 1919
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Alice Erin Allhusen d. 1961
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Massey.
- Massee 233 · U.S. census
- Massei 185 · U.S. census
- Massel 132 · U.S. census
- Massena 395 · U.S. census
- Masset 184 · U.S. census
- Massetti 363 · U.S. census
- Massi 701 · U.S. census
- Massicot 169 · U.S. census
- Massie 10,920 · U.S. census
- Massier 110 · U.S. census
- Massimi 224 · U.S. census
- Massimino 594 · U.S. census
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