Masahir Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Qatar

Masahir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masahir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
China41:341,830,39216,990
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Masahir (35) may also be a first name.

Masahir Last Name Facts

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

Masahir (Hindi: मसाहिर) occurs most in Indonesia. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Masahir.

How Common Is The Last Name Masahir? popularity and diffusion

The last name Masahir is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Masahir is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Masahir are found; 55 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 55 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Masahir is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 35 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 12,022,654. In Indonesia Masahir is most prevalent in: South Sumatra, where 73 percent live and Aceh, where 27 percent live. Beside Indonesia it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in China, where 20 percent live and Afghanistan, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Masahir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masahir in the Hindi language
मसाहिरmasahira66.67
मसहीरmasahira33.33

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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 Masahir
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