Frequency: (18537)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of various places in northern France which get their names from the Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius + the locative suffix -acum.
2. English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Marcy in La Manche. This surname is preserved in the English place name Stondon Massey.
3. English: from a pet form of Matthew.
4. Altered spelling of French Massé (see Masse 4).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
