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Masella is widespread in Lazio, Campania and Puglia, with a strain also in Cagliari, Maselli is widespread as a leopard, at least three strains are identified, in Puglia, Lazio and Emilia, Masello has a Roman stock and one in Fuscaldo nel cosentino, Masi is present throughout Italy, Maso is decidedly Venetian, Massella is specific to the Verona area, Masselli seems to have a Florentine and one in the Foggia area, Massello, very very rare, is typical of Villar Perosa and Pinerolo in Turin . All these surnames should derive, directly or through hypocorisms from the apheresis of variants of the name Tommaso. Maso could also descend from a toponym like Maso Veneto or from the Venetian word maso (mountain farmhouse). additions by Andrea Malavolti All these surnames (Masi, Masselli etc.) derive, through the cult of St. Thomas, from the Hebrew word-aramaic tomà, which means twin. additions provided by Andrea Manni The surname Masi in the south, particularly in Calabria, Sicily and Puglia, could also derive from the Italianization of a surname arbëreshë belonging to the members of an ancient clan, the Mas Mat, arrived in southern Italy with the emigration of brothers Giovanni and Basilio Reres in the second half of the fifteenth century. In some cases, still in the south, it may have also generated the surname Masci which is also widespread in central-northern Italy but probably of native origin. Also in this case, it should be noted that many of the surnames widespread in southern Italy, attributed to an Albanian origin (non-native origin) were actually already present in Italy and of native origin.
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