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The Mazzei surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,876 people carried this name — #15,589 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,785 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Mazzei surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the personal name Mazzeo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mazzei» (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 2,279 people named Mazzei 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,240
City of Buenos Aires 432
Santa Fe 204
Río Negro 125
Mendoza 76
Córdoba 63
Corrientes 34
San Juan 32

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

265 people named Mazzei live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 124
Aargau 39
Zurich 35
Geneva 17
Lucerne 17
Vaud 12
Basel-Stadt 6
Basel-Landschaft 4

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 168 people named Mazzei.

74 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 74
Bouches-du-Rhône 51
Var 14
Corsica 12
Paris 2
Hautes-Alpes 2
Maine-et-Loire 2
Hérault 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1

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 74 people named Mazzei 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 Limburg.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Limburg 41
Hainaut 15
Liège 13
Luxembourg Province 5

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

In print

Mazzei in American newspapers,
1912–1919.

Newspaper page from Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser carrying the name Mazzei
Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser 1912-05-09
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Mazzei
New-york Tribune 1919-10-05
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Mazzei
The Ogden Standard 1918-12-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Mazzei,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Philip Mazzei
    Philip Mazzei 1730–1816 · writer
  • Lapo Mazzei 1350–1412 · writer
  • Bruno Mazzei 1389–1470 · goldsmith
  • Francesco Mazzei 1709–1788
  • Pasquale Mazzei 1761–1823 · Catholic priest
  • Antonio Mazzei 1801–1855 · jurist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Mazzei.

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