Maas (surname)

Maas is a Dutch and North German patronymic surname, from an archaic short form of Thomas. It could also be a toponymic surname derived from the river Maas (Meuse). The surname is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 43rd in 2007 (16,070 people).

People with the surname Maas include:
 * Abe Maas (1855–1941), German-born American founder of the Maas Brothers stores
 * Adriana Maas (1702–1746), Dutch stage actress
 * Allan Maas (1922–2014), Australian rules footballer
 * Annelies Maas (born 1960), Dutch swimmer
 * Anthony Maas (1859–1927), German-born American exegete
 * Benjamin Maas (born 1989), German footballer
 * Bill Maas (born 1962), American football player
 * Bob Maas (1907–1996), Dutch Olympic sailor
 * Cees Maas (born 1947), Dutch businessman, CFO of the ING Group
 * Cheryl Maas (born 1984), Dutch snowboarder
 * Chris Maas (born 1957), American canoe sailor and builder
 * Cornald Maas (born 1962), Dutch television presenter
 * David E. Maas (born 1940), American historian
 * Dick Maas (born 1951), Dutch film maker
 * Dirk Maas (1659–1717), Dutch landscape painter
 * Duke Maas (1929–1976), American baseball player
 * Erich Maas (born 1940), German footballer
 * Ernest Maas (1892–1986), American screenwriter
 * Frans Maas (born 1964), Dutch long jumper
 * Fred Maas (born 1957), American businessman
 * Frederica Sagor Maas (1900–2012), American playwright, author and supercentenarian
 * (born 1960), German screenwriter and movie director
 * Greg Maas (born 1966), American soccer goalkeeper
 * Günther Maas (born 1941), German wrestler
 * Heiko Maas (born 1966), German politician
 * Hermann Maas (1877–1970), German pastor and opponent of Nazism
 * Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer (born 1941), Dutch botanist
 * Isabella Offenbach Maas (1817–1891), German-American opera singer
 * James Maas (born 1938), American social psychologist known for his sleep research
 * Jan Maas (cyclist, born 1900) (1900–1977), Dutch racing cyclist
 * Jan Maas (1911–1962), Dutch Olympic sailor
 * Jane Maas (1932–2018), American advertising executive and author
 * Jason Maas (born 1975), Canadian football quarterback
 * Jelle Maas (born 1991), Dutch badminton player
 * Jeremy Maas (1928–1997), British art dealer and art historian
 * Jo Maas (born 1954), Dutch road cyclist
 * (1861–1941), Dutch sculptor
 * Joseph Maas (1847–1886), English tenor
 * Kevin Maas (born 1965), American baseball player
 * Melvin Maas (1898–1964), American Marine aviator and politician from Minnesota
 * (born 1991), Dutch fashion model
 * Nell Ginjaar-Maas (1931–2012), Dutch politician
 * Nellie Maas (born 1935), Dutch figure skater
 * Nicolaes Maes (1634–1693), Dutch genre and portrait painter
 * Paul Maas (1880–1964), German philologist known for Maas's law
 * Paul Maas (born 1939), Dutch botanist and a specialist in the flora of the neotropics
 * Peter Maas (1929–2001), American journalist and author
 * Rob Maas (born 1969), Dutch footballer
 * Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus (1911–2003), Dutch mycologist
 * Rupert Maas (born 1960), English painting specialist and gallery owner
 * Sarah J. Maas (born 1986), American fantasy author
 * Sharon Maas (born 1951), Guyanese novelist
 * Sivan Malkin Maas (born 1970s), Israeli humanistic rabbi
 * Timo Maas (born 1969), German DJ
 * Tjaarke Maas (1974–2004), Dutch painter
 * Willard Maas (1906–1971), American experimental filmmaker and poet
 * Winy Maas (born 1958), Dutch architect
 * (born 1950), German diplomat