Masir Surname
Approximately 3,283 people bear this surname
Masir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,036 | 1:170,987 | 10,586 |
| Indonesia | 700 | 1:188,927 | 18,083 |
| India | 386 | 1:1,987,216 | 68,319 |
| Malaysia | 339 | 1:87,004 | 6,074 |
| Iraq | 204 | 1:171,675 | 4,240 |
| Afghanistan | 131 | 1:245,444 | 4,220 |
| Turkey | 96 | 1:810,640 | 39,540 |
| Hungary | 82 | 1:119,711 | 11,231 |
| Philippines | 70 | 1:1,446,260 | 102,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 70 | 1:116,482 | 15,803 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| Pakistan | 20 | 1:8,932,194 | 45,447 |
| Slovakia | 19 | 1:280,866 | 41,728 |
| Nepal | 15 | 1:1,898,730 | 7,997 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Palestine | 6 | 1:758,142 | 14,544 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Masír (17) & Mašír (137) are calculated separately.
Masir (8,332) may also be a first name.
Masir Demographics
Masir Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Masir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masir (Arabic: مصير, Hindi: मसीर, Marathi: मसीर, Oriya: ମାସିର, Russian: Масир) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as: Masír or Mašír. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 136,660th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,219,782 people. The last name Masir occurs predominantly in Asia, where 61 percent of Masir reside; 34 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 34 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Masir is also the 69,208th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 8,332 people.
The surname Masir is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,036 people, or 1 in 170,987. In Nigeria it is most common in: Borno, where 31 percent are found, Kano, where 14 percent are found and Imo, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
Masir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Masir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Masir in the Hindi language | ||
| मसीर | masira | 74.9 |
| मासिर | masira | 18.93 |
| मासीर | masira | 2.47 |
| मसिर | masira | 1.23 |
| मसीर् | masir | 0.82 |
| Masir in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାସିର | masira | 44.44 |
| ମସିର | masira | 44.44 |
| ସମୀର | samira | 11.11 |
| Masir in the Marathi language | ||
| मसीर | masira | 41.18 |
| मासीर | masira | 32.35 |
| मािसर | maisara | 11.76 |
| मसीर् | masir | 5.88 |
| मन्सुर | mansura | 2.94 |
| नासीर | nasira | 2.94 |
| अमसीर | amasira | 2.94 |
| Masir in the Russian language | ||
| Масир | masir | - |
| Masir in the Arabic language | ||
| مصير | msyr | - |
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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 Masir
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