Maas Surname
Approximately 67,904 people bear this surname
Maas Surname Definition:
An importation from the Low Countries, probably. The published and unpublished 'Household Expenses' of kings, queens, and wealthy nobles invariably show that the minstrels in attendance were foreigners.
Hanekin Almond, varlet of the Countess of Surrey: Household Book of Queen Isabella, 1358, Cot.
Read More About This SurnameMaas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 17,477 | 1:4,606 | 543 |
| Netherlands | 17,185 | 1:983 | 40 |
| United States | 12,767 | 1:28,390 | 3,533 |
| Mexico | 3,859 | 1:32,165 | 2,010 |
| Guatemala | 3,752 | 1:4,286 | 622 |
| Brazil | 2,454 | 1:87,235 | 3,285 |
| Indonesia | 1,224 | 1:108,047 | 11,061 |
| Philippines | 1,183 | 1:85,578 | 14,868 |
| Belgium | 1,136 | 1:10,120 | 1,444 |
| Australia | 893 | 1:30,230 | 4,043 |
| France | 879 | 1:75,566 | 10,604 |
| South Africa | 811 | 1:66,804 | 8,369 |
| Canada | 734 | 1:50,198 | 6,093 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Israel | 329 | 1:26,011 | 3,804 |
| Russia | 297 | 1:485,263 | 45,047 |
| Luxembourg | 289 | 1:2,009 | 221 |
| England | 265 | 1:210,257 | 18,075 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Algeria | 190 | 1:203,324 | 24,041 |
| Spain | 163 | 1:286,822 | 17,546 |
| New Zealand | 117 | 1:38,704 | 6,577 |
| Estonia | 111 | 1:11,908 | 1,764 |
| Austria | 108 | 1:78,847 | 11,877 |
| Switzerland | 103 | 1:79,737 | 9,154 |
| Argentina | 99 | 1:431,752 | 32,722 |
| Poland | 88 | 1:431,918 | 44,930 |
| Thailand | 76 | 1:929,452 | 144,548 |
| Paraguay | 59 | 1:122,657 | 2,701 |
| Belize | 46 | 1:7,728 | 1,144 |
| Italy | 45 | 1:1,359,038 | 78,318 |
| Uruguay | 37 | 1:92,750 | 9,282 |
| Venezuela | 32 | 1:943,877 | 14,561 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Kazakhstan | 30 | 1:589,417 | 41,433 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| Norway | 24 | 1:214,262 | 24,079 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Honduras | 21 | 1:419,831 | 3,124 |
| Slovakia | 21 | 1:254,117 | 39,106 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| United Arab Emirates | 17 | 1:538,957 | 23,493 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | 1:17,274 | 1,698 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 70 | 1:348,220 | 22,196 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,300 | 1:38,630 | 4,573 |
The alternate forms: Maás (9) & Maaş (2) are calculated separately.
Maas (3,167) may also be a first name.
Maas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An importation from the Low Countries, probably. The published and unpublished 'Household Expenses' of kings, queens, and wealthy nobles invariably show that the minstrels in attendance were foreigners.
Hanekin Almond, varlet of the Countess of Surrey: Household Book of Queen Isabella, 1358, Cot. MS. Galba, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.
Janin Maas, varlet of the Countess of Surrey: ibid.
The first of these two was evidently a German by descent.
1795. Married — John Sudlow and Hannah Gertrude Maass: St. George, Hanover Square.
. Dweller by the R. Maas, the French Meuse, anciently Mosa [prob. a compound name of which the second elem. = the French Oise; from the Gaulish cogn. of Old Irish u(i)sce, Mod. Irish and Gaelic uisge, Welsh wysg, water, a stream: the first elem. may represent the Gaulish mag-os ( = Welsh ma and Irish and Gaelic magh), a plain, in which case the name, meaning 'Plain of the River,’ must have been transferred from the level country intersected by the stream to the water itself: there is an Irish instance of the word for ‘plain’ be- coming a river-name—the River Maigue, anciently Maigh; and we may compare Mallow, Cork, anciently Magh-Ealla, ' Plain .of the River Allo’]
River in Holland.
(Dutch, Belgian) Dweller at, or near, the Meuse River in western Europe; one who made chain mail used as defensive armor.
User-submitted Reference
It is a Dutch surname, which derives from the name of a river. The Maas (Dutch), or Meuse (French), or Mouze (Walloon) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea. It has a total length of 925 km (575 miles).
The Dutch name Maas descends from Middle Dutch Mase, which comes from the presumed but unattested Old Dutch form Masa, from Proto-Germanic Masō.
- rvanstelThis surname is derived from the river Maas in the Netherlands.
- heimd411Maas Demographics
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Maas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maas (Arabic: مياسيه, Russian: Маас) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms: Maás or Maaş. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maas is the 8,387th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 107,321 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Maas are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 53 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 127,768th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 3,167 people.
It is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 17,477 people, or 1 in 4,606. In Germany Maas is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 38 percent are found, Saarland, where 10 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent are found. Not including Germany Maas is found in 103 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 19 percent are found.
Maas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Maas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Maas surname rose 982 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 379 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Maas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Maas surname is principally Orthodox (89%) in Russia.
In The United States Maas are 21.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.26% being registered with the political party.
The amount Maas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.39% more than the national average, earning 364,725 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 110.23% more than the national average, earning R 499,596 per year; in United States they earn 6.89% more than the national average, earning $46,120 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.68% more than the national average, earning $50,023 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maás | 92 | 9 | / |
| Maaş | 92 | 2 | / |
| Maass | 89 | 8,474 | / |
| Mahas | 89 | 3,713 | / |
| Maahs | 89 | 2,353 | / |
| Maase | 89 | 948 | / |
| Maasz | 89 | 525 | / |
| Maats | 89 | 218 | / |
| Maash | 89 | 140 | / |
| Maasø | 89 | 35 | / |
| Maast | 89 | 16 | / |
| Maais | 89 | 10 | / |
| Ma'as | 89 | 3 | / |
| Maads | 89 | 1 | / |
| Maaas | 89 | 0 | / |
| Mas | 86 | 187,843 | / |
| Maa | 86 | 33,493 | / |
| Maasch | 80 | 1,147 | / |
| Mahash | 80 | 491 | / |
| Mahats | 80 | 266 | / |
| Maasse | 80 | 72 | / |
| Mahass | 80 | 46 | / |
| Mahais | 80 | 35 | / |
| Maashe | 80 | 15 | / |
| Maaash | 80 | 12 | / |
| Maaish | 80 | 7 | / |
| Maasht | 80 | 4 | / |
| Maahss | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mahaas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mahasd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mays | 75 | 67,434 | / |
| Maha | 75 | 50,723 | / |
| Mase | 75 | 28,240 | / |
| Mast | 75 | 28,089 | / |
| Maaz | 75 | 17,543 | / |
| Maaß | 75 | 17,359 | / |
| Maus | 75 | 17,081 | / |
| Mass | 75 | 14,581 | / |
| Maat | 75 | 7,848 | / |
| Mash | 75 | 6,833 | / |
| Mais | 75 | 6,519 | / |
| Maad | 75 | 5,850 | / |
| Maai | 75 | 3,953 | / |
| Maah | 75 | 3,302 | / |
| Meas | 75 | 2,892 | / |
| Maay | 75 | 1,721 | / |
| Mats | 75 | 1,539 | / |
| Maac | 75 | 1,060 | / |
| Ma'a | 75 | 461 | / |
| Mahs | 75 | 394 | / |
| Maax | 75 | 392 | / |
| Maľa | 75 | 218 | / |
| Mads | 75 | 132 | / |
| Maaj | 75 | 104 | / |
| Mgaa | 75 | 85 | / |
| Mazs | 75 | 63 | / |
| Maaø | 75 | 56 | / |
| Majs | 75 | 46 | / |
| Masz | 75 | 42 | / |
| Maxs | 75 | 35 | / |
| Masc | 75 | 34 | / |
| Mmaa | 75 | 32 | / |
| Masd | 75 | 28 | / |
| Maës | 75 | 27 | / |
| Maïa | 75 | 27 | / |
| Hmas | 75 | 25 | / |
| Mhas | 75 | 24 | / |
| Maaa | 75 | 16 | / |
| Maïs | 75 | 15 | / |
| Maaç | 75 | 13 | / |
| Maap | 75 | 9 | / |
| Mmas | 75 | 8 | / |
| Maĺa | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mgas | 75 | 5 | / |
| Hmaa | 75 | 5 | / |
| Masj | 75 | 3 | / |
| Masx | 75 | 2 | / |
| Masp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mhaa | 75 | 2 | / |
| M'Aa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Masì | 75 | 1 | / |
| Masė | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mağa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maatsch | 73 | 124 | / |
| Mahaits | 73 | 30 | / |
| Maatshe | 73 | 26 | / |
| Maasová | 73 | 13 | / |
| Mahadse | 73 | 8 | / |
| Maaitse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mahasth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maasova | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mahassh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ma | 67 | 21,354,561 | / |
| Masse | 67 | 38,023 | / |
| Mhase | 67 | 8,369 | / |
| Maowa | 67 | 7,920 | / |
| Mahay | 67 | 7,190 | / |
| Meads | 67 | 5,886 | / |
| Matse | 67 | 3,970 | / |
| Maach | 67 | 3,329 | / |
| Mease | 67 | 3,108 | / |
| Maaya | 67 | 2,391 | / |
| Maust | 67 | 2,276 | / |
| Maish | 67 | 2,226 | / |
| Mayse | 67 | 2,221 | / |
| Matts | 67 | 2,081 | / |
| Mashe | 67 | 1,744 | / |
| Mahai | 67 | 1,722 | / |
| Masch | 67 | 1,689 | / |
| Mahah | 67 | 1,620 | / |
| Mause | 67 | 1,569 | / |
| Mauss | 67 | 1,523 | / |
| Mağat | 67 | 1,518 | / |
| Maise | 67 | 1,480 | / |
| Maaie | 67 | 1,434 | / |
| Mahau | 67 | 817 | / |
| Maňasová | 67 | 483 | / |
| Maait | 67 | 472 | / |
| Mhais | 67 | 399 | / |
| Mahaa | 67 | 338 | / |
| Mahus | 67 | 336 | / |
| Mhaha | 67 | 327 | / |
| Maths | 67 | 319 | / |
| Maiss | 67 | 275 | / |
| Mağaç | 67 | 259 | / |
| Meats | 67 | 252 | / |
| Hmaad | 67 | 246 | / |
| Masht | 67 | 214 | / |
| Mahaj | 67 | 169 | / |
| Ma'at | 67 | 161 | / |
| Mausz | 67 | 160 | / |
| Maaye | 67 | 131 | / |
| Maaszová | 67 | 117 | / |
| Maysh | 67 | 110 | / |
| Mauhs | 67 | 104 | / |
| Maász | 67 | 102 | / |
| Maaja | 67 | 100 | / |
| Mahys | 67 | 93 | / |
| Maaha | 67 | 91 | / |
| Maaszova | 67 | 87 | / |
| Mmase | 67 | 80 | / |
| Maijs | 67 | 79 | / |
| Maaaz | 67 | 77 | / |
| Madsø | 67 | 72 | / |
| Maits | 67 | 64 | / |
| Ma'ai | 67 | 61 | / |
| Mayıs | 67 | 60 | / |
| Maaid | 67 | 57 | / |
| Mahač | 67 | 54 | / |
| Masce | 67 | 53 | / |
| Maova | 67 | 53 | / |
| Maajh | 67 | 46 | / |
| Maaah | 67 | 45 | / |
| Maihs | 67 | 39 | / |
| Maaia | 67 | 37 | / |
| Mashh | 67 | 36 | / |
| Mahac | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mađaš | 67 | 30 | / |
| Mahsh | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mayss | 67 | 25 | / |
| Maazz | 67 | 25 | / |
| Massh | 67 | 23 | / |
| Maadh | 67 | 22 | / |
| Moaja | 67 | 22 | / |
| Moaya | 67 | 19 | / |
| Madse | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mmaha | 67 | 17 | / |
| Masst | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mastt | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mahasova | 67 | 13 | / |
| Meash | 67 | 13 | / |
| Maadz | 67 | 12 | / |
| Maist | 67 | 12 | / |
| Maaiz | 67 | 11 | / |
| Madås | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mayts | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ma'ah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mmash | 67 | 8 | / |
| Maahu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Maizs | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mmaah | 67 | 7 | / |
| Maňha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mastø | 67 | 7 | / |
| Maaih | 67 | 6 | / |
| Matsh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mauts | 67 | 6 | / |
| Maaij | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hmase | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mmass | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mgaha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Maxsø | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mhasp | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maayh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maatt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maush | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maace | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mastš | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maadj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mauus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maahy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mhass | 67 | 2 | / |
| Measc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meaus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hmais | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mhads | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ma'ad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mauds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mazhs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mausd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maxxs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mayds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maaai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maadd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Madsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mazzs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhaad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmaai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Massd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hmash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masìs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masrz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mashd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mashs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mad's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maahz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ma'ay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maaaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Majsj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maïse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmats | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mastd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maaad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maahd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maajz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maids | 67 | 0 | / |
| Mayhs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Maysz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Mazse | 67 | 0 | / |
| Mauxs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Madds | 67 | 0 | / |
Maas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maas in the Russian language | ||
| Маас | maas | - |
| Maas in the Arabic language | ||
| مياسيه | myasyh | - |
| معيس | mys | - |
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