Massey Family History
Massey Name Meaning
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.English (of Norman origin):
habitational name from Marcy in La Manche. This surname is preserved
in the English place name Stondon Massey.English: from a
pet form of Matthew.Altered spelling of French
Massé (see Masse 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Massey Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Massey families
 220 - 437  74 - 219 |
 1 - 73  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Massey families
|
1,196 - 2,389 399 - 1,195 |
1 - 398 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Massey families
|
52 - 102 18 - 51 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Massey Family Origin
Massey Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Massey
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Massey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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