The Musso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,794 people carried this name — #11,302 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted. That is up 10% from 2,537 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Musso surname
A habitational surname from Italian.
Borrowed from Italian Musso.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Musso» (Spanish), 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 3,174 people named Musso 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 941 people named Musso.
188 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
131 people named Musso live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 60 people named Musso 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.
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 print
Musso in American newspapers,
1872–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,855 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Musso,
with a public archive behind them.
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Niccolò Musso 1595–1631 · painter -
José Musso 1785–1838 · writer -
Giovanni Musso 1345–1420 · chronicler
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Cornelio Musso 1511–1575 · bishop
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Cornelio Musso 1511–1574 · bishop
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Domenico Musso 1819– · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Musso.
- Musetti 197 · U.S. census
- Musi 169 · U.S. census
- Musial 1,838 · U.S. census
- Musielak 249 · U.S. census
- Musse 396 · U.S. census
- Mussi 192 · U.S. census
- Musson 1,244 · U.S. census
- Mustafa 5,873 · U.S. census
- Mustapha 715 · U.S. census
- Mustin 779 · U.S. census
- Musto 2,642 · U.S. census
- Muszynski 1,345 · U.S. census
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