Mahsood Surname

1,111,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Qatar

Mahsood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahsood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1821:981,56012,846
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
India91:85,229,487684,495
Qatar91:262,00030,726
England21:27,859,030389,889
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mahsood (195) may also be a first name.

Mahsood Last Name Facts

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

Mahsood (Hindi: महसूद) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahsood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,111,382nd most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Mahsood live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Mahsood is also the 649,894th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 195 people.

The last name is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 981,560. In Pakistan Mahsood is most frequent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 62 percent live, Sindh, where 15 percent live and Punjab, where 12 percent live. Not including Pakistan it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 5 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mahshood931,037/
Mahasood932/
Mahsaood931/
Masaood86756/
Mehsood86145/
Masuood8631/
Masoood8617/
Mohsood8616/
Masohod864/
Masooad864/
Maso'od863/
Masiood862/
Mosahood802/
Masoooud801/
Mehshood801/
Mashoood801/
Mashaood801/
Massooad801/
Masaod7713,908/
Masoad7729/
Massahood7524/
Mashoohad753/
Mashhooad751/
Masaoud71278/
Masahod7172/
Machaod7128/
Maso'ot7113/
Mosaood715/
Massaod714/
Mosuood714/
Masaaod714/
Masouad712/
Massoad711/
Matsaod711/
Mashoad711/
Massaoud67557/
Moshoood6715/
Massouad678/
Mezahoud676/
Mosioodh672/
Moujahod671/
Massauod671/
Moshuood671/
Masaàoud671/

Mahsood Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mahsood in the Hindi language
महसूदmahasuda97.92
मह्सूदmahsuda2.08

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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
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  • 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 Mahsood
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