Last Name MASSEY

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Meaning	Local: Of Mascy. A Norman surname that came over with William. Hamon Massie acquired Dunham, in county Chester, and the patronymic spread rapidly. There are several places in Normandy where the name may have come from: Macei in the arroundissement of Avranches, Marcei in that of Argentan, and Marcei, on the Broise, near the town of Avraches. Local: From the town and lordship of Massey, near Bayeux, in Normandy.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, French, Irish, Haitian

Rank	568 (2000 US census)	469 (1990 US census)

Count	53,459 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

75.41%, or 40313 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
19.77%, or 10569 total occurrences, as black,
0.8%, or 428 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.94%, or 503 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.61%, or 861 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.46%, or 781 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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