The Mazzara surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 739 people carried this name — #31,360 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 751 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mazzara surname
Variant of Mazara.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mazzara» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 227 people named Mazzara 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 69 people named Mazzara 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Mazzara.
Most of them — 49 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Tarn-et-Garonne.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Mazzara live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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.
Who carried it
People named Mazzara,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benedetto Mazzara d. 1692 · writer
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José Mazzara 1892– · writer
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Glen Mazzara 1967– · screenwriter
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Mauro Mazzara 1980– · artist
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Matthew Mazzara 1991– · basketball player
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Maïa Mazzara 2003– · figure skater
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mazzara.
- Mazure 390 · U.S. census
- Mazurek 2,945 · U.S. census
- Mazurkiewicz 1,148 · U.S. census
- Mazy 179 · U.S. census
- Mazza 8,043 · U.S. census
- Mazzanti 534 · U.S. census
- Mazzei 1,876 · U.S. census
- Mazzella 2,214 · U.S. census
- Mazzeo 2,284 · U.S. census
- Mazzetti 405 · U.S. census
- Mazzi 264 · U.S. census
- Mazzilli 427 · U.S. census
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