Masoof Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Masoof Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 83 | 1:925,091 | 43,938 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
Masoof (31) may also be a first name.
Masoof Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masoof Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masoof (Hindi: मासूफ) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masoof? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,894,523rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Masoof live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 31 people.
It is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 925,091. In Iran it is primarily found in: Hamadan Province, where 31 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 30 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Iran this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent reside and Pakistan, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Masoof Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Masoof in the Hindi language | ||
| मासूफ | masupha | - |
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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 Masoof
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