Mazzeo Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Mazzeo is one more way Mazzei has been written over the centuries. The family name meaning is “from Mazzeo, a form of Matteo”, the same as for Mazzei.

• The change of ending between Mazzei and Mazzeo reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular.
• Mazzeo ranked 13,349 in the 2010 US Census, with 2,284 people answering to the name. From 1891 to 2000, 121 births in France were registered under Mazzeo.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Mazzeo, so the heraldry linked to Mazzei is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Mazzeo report, with a museum-style coat of arms.