Massa Family History
- Massa Name Meaning
- Southern Italian: habitational name from any of various places called Massa, for example Massa Lubrense or Massa di Somma, both in Naples province, or Masse d’Albe in Aquila, all named from medieval Latin massa ‘holding’, ‘estate’ (from Latin massa ‘mass’, ‘lump’, ‘pile’, Greek maza).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 114,153 Historical Documents with Massa on Ancestry
- 55,916 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 18,247 Census and Voter Lists
- 6,821 Military Records
- 10,482 Immigration Records
- 22,687 Member Trees
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Number of Massa families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Massa families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Massa census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Massa census records
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