Masamar Surname

403,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Masamar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masamar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India7921:968,51741,286
Iran761:1,010,29646,499

Masamar (49) may also be a first name.

Masamar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masamar (Arabic: مسمر, Marathi: मासमार) is most common in India. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masamar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 403,960th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,395,790 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Masamar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 91 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Masamar is also the 1,430,306th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 49 people.

Masamar is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 792 people, or 1 in 968,517. In India Masamar is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 84 percent are found and Gujarat, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account India this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Iran, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Masamar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masamar in the Marathi language
मासमारmasamara98.85
मसमरmasamara0.38
भासमारbhasamara0.38
मासमरmasamara0.19
Masamar in the Arabic language
مسمرmsmr-

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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 Masamar
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