El Massoud Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Massoud Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Massoud Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

El Massoud Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Massoud Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Massoud (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺴﻌﻮﺩ) is most common in Morocco. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Massoud? popularity and diffusion

El Massoud is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of El Massoud reside; 63 percent reside in North Africa and 50 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The last name is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 8,619,025. Barring Morocco this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 13 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Masoud95344/
El Massou955/
El Masso896/
El Masou894/
El Mashou84954/
El Masouz845/
El Maasod844/
El Mazoud844/
El Masaud841/
El Masous841/
El Massad841/
El Masu828/
El Maso821/
El Massaad80499/
El Maasouz808/
El Mashhud804/
El Majzoud804/
El Mashout802/
El Masouji802/
El Masad78322/
El Massa784/
El-Masou782/
El Matso781/
El Mossoues763/
El Mashad74587/
El Massah74123/
El Massat7436/
El Maazou7428/
El Maissa745/
El Maseuo744/
El Massas741/
El Mayssa741/
El Mossouess737/
El Moussaoue731/
El Masa71431/
El Mashhad70441/
El Mousaid705/
El Mossaid704/
El Machout704/
El Mashaad704/
El Mosaoue701/
El Moussouess701/
El Masajid701/
El Moussaid671,035/
El Masha67211/
El Maysa6726/
El Mousa6715/
El Masai677/
El Mosad674/
El Masay674/
El Moussaad672/
El Moussaed672/
El Mousaaid671/
El Moussaïd671/
El Masaa671/
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El Massoud Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Massoud in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺴﻌﻮﺩalmswd-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Massoud
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