Mahsud Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Mahsud Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 266 | 1:671,594 | 10,289 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Mahsud (728) may also be a first name.
Mahsud Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahsud Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahsud (Hindi: महसुद, Marathi: महसुद) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mahsud.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahsud? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 798,040th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. The surname Mahsud occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Mahsud are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 77 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 305,710th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 728 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 266 people, or 1 in 671,594. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 48 percent are found, Islamabad Capital Territory, where 34 percent are found and Punjab, where 8 percent are found. Besides Pakistan this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found and Qatar, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahsud Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahsud in the Marathi language | ||
| महसुद | mahasuda | 67.5 |
| महसूद | mahasuda | 17.5 |
| महमुद | mahamuda | 5 |
| महेमुद | mahemuda | 2.5 |
| मकसूद | makasuda | 2.5 |
| महसुदाक | mahasudaka | 2.5 |
| सुद | suda | 2.5 |
| Mahsud in the Hindi language | ||
| महसुद | mahasuda | 50 |
| महसूद | mahasuda | 50 |
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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 Mahsud
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