Mass (surname)

Mass is a surname with either following meaning and origin:
 * North German and Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Thomas. Compare Maas, Mas.
 * Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name from German Mass 'measure', 'measurement'.

People surnamed Mass include:


 * Isaac Mass (born 1976), a Massachusetts politician
 * Lawrence D. Mass (born 1946), American physician and writer who wrote the first press reports on the disease AIDS
 * Wayne Mass (1946–2019), American football player
 * Wendy Mass (born 1967), author of young adult and children's books

Fictional characters include:
 * Miss Mass, in the Marvel Comics universe
 * Sayla Mass, in the Universal Century Gundam universe