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
The surname Maskaran (Hindi: मास्करण, Marathi: करन) is more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Maskaran.
How Common Is The Last Name Maskaran? popularity and diffusion
Maskaran is the 956,400th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. It 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 given name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.
It is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 495,371. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 46 percent live, Mazandaran Province, where 24 percent live and Golestan Province, where 8 percent live. Not including Iran this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 42 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
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
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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 Maskaran
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