Mas (surname)
Mas 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'.
- North German and Dutch: from a short form of Thomas. Compare Maas and Mass.
People
- Alejandro Bofill Mas, Catalan chess player and FIDE international master
- Alphonse Mas, French President of the French Pomological Society and Ain Horticultural Society
- André Boyer-Mas, French cleric and diplomat
- Alexandre Mas, Catalan-American economist
- Álvaro Mas, Spanish footballer
- Andreu Mas-Colell, Catalan economist
- Antoni Colom Mas, Catalan cyclist
- Antoni Mas i Borràs, Knight of the Order of Montesa
- Antoni Mas Fornés, historian and writer, who in 2005 received the OCB Miquel dels Sants Oliver Prize
- Anna Genover-Mas, 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, Catalan painter and artist and founder of the Sitges Luminista School
- Artur Mas, 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, Catalan former all-terrain motorcyclist
- Carolyne Mas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and producer
- Ezequiel González Mas, Spanish historian
- Francesc Joan Mas, Catalan philosopher
- Francesc Mas i Ros, Catalan composer
- Francis Mas, French former player for the French rugby union team and rugby league team
- Gabriel Mas Arbona, 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
- Isidro Más de Ayala, Uruguayan psychiatrist and author
- Jaume Mas "des Plá del Rey", alderman of the municipality of Palma
- Jaume Mas, Bishop of Vic
- Jean-Baptiste Charles Mas de Polart, French General and Lieutenant General
- Jeanne Mas, Catalan born French pop singer and actress
- Joan Mas, in 1550 fought against the Turks that had invaded Pollensa
- Joan Mas i Bauzà, Catalan writer
- Juan Vicente Mas Quiles, Catalan orchestra and band conductor and composer
- Joan Mas i Cantí, Catalan economist
- Joan Mas i Ramon, Catalan post-impressionist painter
- Joan Mas i Ramon, Catalan postimpressionist painter
- Joan Mas i Vives, Catalan literary critic, author and philologist
- Josep Moragues i Mas, Catalan General who fought in the War of Spanish Succession
- Jorge Mas Canosa, 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, Catalan poet, journalist and essayist
- Lluís Mas i Borràs, Knight of the Order of Montesa
- Lluís Mas i Pons, Catalan lawyer, teacher, poet and writer
- Lluís Mas i Ossó, Catalan athlete and politician
- Manuel Mas Ribó, former foreign minister of Andorra
- Miguel Mas, member in 1569 of the Gran and General Counsel of the Kingdom of Spain
- Miguel Mas, 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, Catalan writer
- Miquel Mas Gayà, Catalan cycling world champion
- Nicolas Mas, French player for the French rugby union team
- Nicolas Mas-Castellane, French Huguenot General in the French Wars of Religion
- Oscar Más, Argentine former football striker for Club Atlético River Plate
- Pere Sampol Mas, Catalan 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, Catalan Falles artist
- Roger Mas, French politician
- Salvador Mas i Conde, 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, Catalan actor and journalist
- Sinibaldo de Mas, Catalan sinologist, painter, calligrapher, writer, ambassador, adventurer, photography pioneer, and known Spanish government diplomat to Asia during the 19th century
- Teodoro de Mas y Nadal, Catalan engineer and politician