Massee

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Possibly an altered spelling of Masse (see Masse 4) or Massey

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/mæsi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Massee is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.4M(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 134K
  • KEKenya≈1 in 390K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

233 people, 2010

Sources
127 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 134K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Possibly an altered spelling of Masse (see Masse 4) or Massey.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Massee counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Massee is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2331 in 1.4M294Massee127
KE Kenya≈140 est.≈1 in 390K—Massee1
FR France≈130 est.≈1 in 509K22—3
NL Netherlands1291 in 134K129Massee14
PH Philippines≈34 est.≈1 in 3.2M—Massee1
CH Switzerland81 in 1.1M8Massee4
IL Israel≈8 est.≈1 in 1M—Massee1

233 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Massee is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Netherlands

    Also written Massée

  • Thai surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand

    Also written มาศส, มาศสี

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000George Edward Massee, b. 1845May Massee, b. 1881Ivy Massee, b. 1896Michael Massee, b. 1955

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Massee,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Massee
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020294#71,480
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000259#70,473
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010233#81,181
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007129#15,449
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197134—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198132—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199122—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196122—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194120—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193119—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192118—

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Massee mean, and where does it come from?
Possibly an altered spelling of Masse (see Masse 4) or Massey. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Massee?
A machine transcription gives /mæsi/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Massee have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 233 people named Massee, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled massee.
Where is Massee most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Massee is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 134 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Massee?
In the United States, the national register counted 233 people named Massee in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Massee”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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