Mas (surname)

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Pronunciation Mas
Meaning farmstead or from a short form of Thomas Region of origin Spain, France, Germany and Netherlands Language(s) of origin Catalan and Occitan or Low German and Dutch Related names de Mas, du Mas, Dumas, Maas, Mass, Thomas

Mas ([ˈmas], [ˈmas]) is a surname of Catalan and Occitan or North German and Dutch origin. It accounts for 0.068% of the population in Spain, with 0.879% found amongst Catalans, and 0.017% in France.

Origin and Meaning

Catalan and Occitan: topographic name for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling in the country, rather than in a village, from Catalan and Occitan mas 'farmstead' (Late Latin mansum, mansus).

North German and Dutch: from a short form of Thomas. Compare Maas and Mass.

People

Alejandro Bofill Mas (born 1960), Catalan chess player and FIDE international master

Alphonse Mas (1817–1875), French President of the French Pomological Society and Ain Horticultural Society

André Boyer-Mas (1904–1972), French cleric and diplomat

Andreu Mas-Colell (born 1944), Catalan economist

Antoni Colom Mas (born 1978), Catalan cyclist

Antoni Mas i Borràs, Knight of the Order of Montesa

Antoni Mas Fornés (born 1968), historian and writer, who in 2005 received the OCB Miquel dels Sants Oliver Prize

Anna Genover-Mas (born 1963), Catalan journalist and writer of children's books, one of which won the Vicenta Ferrer Vila de Paterna prize for the best children's literature book of 2007

Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (1852–1934), Catalan painter and artist and founder of the Sitges Luminista School

Artur Mas (born 1956), Catalan politician

Bernat Mas "des Plá del Rey", knighted for his service to King John II of Castile in the wars against the Prince of Vienna

Carlos Mas Samora (born 1957), Catalan former all-terrain motorcyclist

Carolyne Mas (born 1955), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and producer

Francesc Joan Mas (born 1522), Catalan philosopher

Francesc Mas i Ros (1901–1985), Catalan composer

Francis Mas (1936–2006), French former player for the French rugby union team and rugby league team

Gabriel Mas Arbona (born 1933), Catalan cyclist, known for placing in the 1959 Volta a Espanya and winning the 1960 Volta a Andalusia

Guillem Mas, among those who formed the "Sixteen" in 1521

Jaume Mas "des Plá del Rey", alderman of the municipality of Palma

Jaume Mas, Bishop of Vic (1674–1684)

Jean-Baptiste Charles Mas de Polart (born 1775), French General and Lieutenant General

Jeanne Mas (born 1958), Catalan born French pop singer and actress

Joan Mas (born 1520), in 1550 fought against the Turks that had invaded Pollensa

Joan Mas i Bauzà (1928–1992), Catalan writer

Juan Vicente Mas Quiles (born 1921), Catalan orchestra and band conductor and composer

Joan Mas i Cantí, Catalan economist

Joan Mas i Ramon (born 1934), Catalan post-impressionist painter

Joan Mas i Ramon (born 1932), Catalan postimpressionist painter

Joan Mas i Vives (born 1951), Catalan literary critic, author and philologist

Josep Moragues i Mas (1669–1715), Catalan General who fought in the War of Spanish Succession

Jorge Mas Canosa (1939–1997), Cuban-American activist best known for his strong opposition to Fidel Castro and his leadership of the Cuban-American National Foundation

Jorge Mas, Cuban-American entrepreneur, philanthropist and human rights advocate, son of Jorge Mas Canosa

Josep Vicenç Foix i Mas (1893–1987), Catalan poet, journalist and essayist

Lluís Mas i Borràs, Knight of the Order of Montesa

Lluís Mas i Pons (1903–1975), Catalan lawyer, teacher, poet and writer

Lluís Mas i Ossó (1908–1984), Catalan athlete and politician

Manuel Mas Ribó (born 1946), former foreign minister of Andorra

Miguel Mas, member in 1569 of the Gran and General Counsel of the Kingdom of Spain

Miguel Mas (born 1967), Argentinian actor, producer, director and screenwriter, known for his roles on television, as a guest star on the long-running medical drama ER

Miquel Mas Ferrà (born 1950), Catalan writer

Miquel Mas Gayà (born 1943), Catalan cycling world champion

Nicolas Mas (born 1980), French player for the French rugby union team

Nicolas Mas-Castellane (died 1586), French Huguenot General in the French Wars of Religion

Oscar Más (born 1946), Argentine former football striker for Club Atlético River Plate

Pere Sampol Mas (born 1951), Cantalan technical engineer in the electronics industry, known for his political facet of the PSM

Father Vicente Mas, member of the Carthusian Order

Regino Más i Marí (1899–1968), Catalan Falles artist

Roger Mas (born 1931), French politician

Salvador Mas i Conde (born 1951), Catalan conductor and musical and artistic director of the City of Granada Orchestra

Sergi Mas, Andorran sculptor, designer, illustrator, painter, engraver, lithographer and writer

Sergi Mas y Abad (born 1964), Catalan actor and journalist

Sinibaldo de Mas (1809–1868), Catalan sinologist, painter, calligrapher, writer, ambassador, adventurer, photography pioneer, and known Spanish government diplomat to Asia during the 19th century

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