Maskaran Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Maskaran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 155 | 1:495,371 | 29,524 |
| India | 116 | 1:6,612,633 | 149,434 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maskaran (11) may also be a first name.
Maskaran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maskaran Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maskaran (Hindi: मास्करण, Marathi: करन) has its highest incidence in Iran. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maskaran? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maskaran is the 956,400th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The last name Maskaran occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Maskaran live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 495,371. In Iran Maskaran is most numerous in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 46 percent are found, Mazandaran Province, where 24 percent are found and Golestan Province, where 8 percent are found. Beside Iran this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 42 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mhaskaran | 94 | 6 | / |
| Maiskaran | 94 | 5 | / |
| Maskeran | 88 | 12 | / |
| Maskaron | 88 | 7 | / |
| Mascaran | 88 | 3 | / |
| Meskaran | 88 | 1 | / |
| Meshkaran | 82 | 7 | / |
| Mashkoran | 82 | 2 | / |
| Meskharan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mascarean | 82 | 1 | / |
| Maskooran | 82 | 1 | / |
| Maskharam | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mazkoran | 75 | 250 | / |
| Mascaron | 75 | 32 | / |
| Mascarón | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mascarone | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mazkooran | 71 | 1 | / |
| Machkaram | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masqueran | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mazquearan | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mascareigne | 63 | 182 | / |
| Mescaron | 63 | 2 | / |
| Moscaron | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mascorron | 59 | 3 | / |
| Moscargon | 59 | 1 | / |
Maskaran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maskaran in the Hindi language | ||
| मास्करण | maskarana | - |
| Maskaran in the Marathi language | ||
| करन | karana | 94.71 |
| करण | karana | 5.29 |
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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 Maskaran
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