Masaharu Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Palau

Masaharu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masaharu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan881:1,452,77624,051
Indonesia641:2,066,394128,621
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Guam11:160,1214,893
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Palau11:21,643223

Masaharu (101,995) may also be a first name.

Masaharu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masaharu (Hindi: मसहरू) occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Masaharu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,343,156th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Masaharu reside; 53 percent reside in East Asia and 53 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 10,002nd most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 101,995 people.

The last name Masaharu is most prevalent in Japan, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 1,452,776. In Japan Masaharu is most frequent in: Okayama Prefecture, where 83 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 5 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 5 percent live. Other than Japan Masaharu occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 39 percent live and Brazil, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Masaharu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masaharu in the Hindi language
मसहरूmasaharu-

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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 Masaharu
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