Maas

For the dairy product, see amasi.

Maas is the name of a river that is also named Meuse.

Surname

Maas also is a Dutch and North German surname. It can be toponymic ("from the Maas river"), but usually is of patronymic origin (Maas being a nickname for Thomas).[1] The surname is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 43rd in 2007 (16,070 people).[2] People with this name include:

Places

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See also

Sources and references

  1. Maas] at the Meertens Institute's database of Dutch surnames
  2. Leender Brouwer, The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands
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