Massing

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: present participle and gerund of mass

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

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

Massing is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 95K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 864K
  • VUVanuatu≈1 in 1.7K

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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈850 people, est.

Sources
169 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Vanuatu, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Patronym zu Rufname Maas/Thomas; bearer count not given here.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

How Massing is read(measured from records)

Massing is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English49%

    present participle and gerund of mass

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • French18%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Massing in French.

  • German14%

    Patronym zu Rufname Maas/Thomas; bearer count not given here.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

    Ableitung von Maas zu Rufname Thomas mit -ing. 421 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

    habitational name from a place so named in Bavaria.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • Portuguese11%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Massing in Portuguese.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Massing 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 Massing is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈850 est.≈1 in 95K—Massing69
BR Brazil—4441 in 477K444—1
US United States—3851 in 864K438Massing169
FR France—≈390 est.≈1 in 176K58—1
NL Netherlands—2031 in 85K203Massing13
VU Vanuatu—≈170 est.≈1 in 1.7K1—3
AT Austria—≈38 est.≈1 in 231K—Massing14
BB Barbados#523———Massing2

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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Vanuatu Electoral Office — 2020 General Election consolidated candidate list. 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)

Massing is also recorded as 3 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, Belgium, United States, Cameroon

    Also written Mässing

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Netherlands, Mexico

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Mässing

  • Swedish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Denmark

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Mässing

36 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Massing is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Norwegian Bokmål, form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by messing

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In gmw-pro, brass

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Hede Massing, b. 1900Paul Wilhelm Massing, b. 1902Wilhelm Massing, b. 1904Wilhelm Massing, b. 1926Horst Massing, b. 1930Barbara Massing, b. 1960Benjamin Massing, b. 1962Ron Massing, b. 1962Rune Massing, b. 1980

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 Massing,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Massing
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—444#18,942
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020438#51,363
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000415#47,939
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010385#53,667
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007203#10,245
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196173—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195168—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199158—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198157—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194157—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197146—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192146—

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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

Where does the name Massing come from?
Patronym zu Rufname Maas/Thomas; bearer count not given here. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen.
How do you pronounce Massing?
A machine transcription gives /mæsɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Massing mean?
In English, present participle and gerund of mass
In which country does Massing have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 847 people named Massing in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled massing.
How common is the name Massing?
In Brazil, the national register counted 444 people named Massing, about 1 in 477 thousand residents.
How common is Massing compared with other names?
In Barbados, Massing is the 523rd most common surname of 11,500 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Massing” — the 523rd most common surname in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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