Masters Surname

9,952nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56,531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Masters Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Latin) the Master’s (Son)(Anglo-French-Latin) the Master’s Son [Middle English maister, Old French maistre, Latin magister]

Masters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States32,3491:11,2051,390
England10,8641:5,129712
Australia6,4081:4,213610
Canada2,2341:16,4932,387
New Zealand1,1921:3,799606
South Africa7161:75,6679,405
Jamaica6401:4,484607
Wales3641:8,501942
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Scotland2101:25,4942,778
Russia1441:1,000,85577,167
Bermuda1021:64097
Portugal941:110,8325,195
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
France751:885,636103,228
India701:10,958,077204,613
Argentina641:667,86646,303
Singapore641:86,0583,478
Spain451:1,038,93438,115
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Northern Ireland401:46,1264,031
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Venezuela281:1,078,71715,964
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Jersey171:5,8351,193
Panama171:230,1336,157
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Norway121:428,52437,411
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
China101:136,732,1577,199
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Northern Mariana Islands11:54,5801,498
Palau11:21,643223
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
San Marino11:33,214932
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland431:103,0206,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,4071:4,508684
Wales1091:14,389857
Jersey161:3,243531
Scotland151:249,5488,553
Guernsey71:4,665827
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,9881:10,0681,299

The alternate forms: Másters (1) are calculated separately.

Masters (244) may also be a first name.

Masters Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Latin) the Master’s (Son)(Anglo-French-Latin) the Master’s Son [Middle English maister, Old French maistre, Latin magister]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of the teacher or schoolmaster.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Apparently a Norman local name. Robt. de Mosters occurs in Domesd.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the time of Cromwell to the reign of George I. several of the mayors of Bath bore the name of Masters (C.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Masters Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masters (Russian: Мастерс) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Másters. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Masters? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 9,952nd most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 128,912 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Masters reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 61 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 571,890th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 244 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 32,349 people, or 1 in 11,205. In The United States Masters is most common in: Texas, where 9 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States it exists in 120 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Masters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Masters has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 649 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 201 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 334 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Masters Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (77%) in Ireland and Orthodox (78%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Masters last name are 17.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.89% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Masters earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 43.02% more than the national average, earning R 339,864 per year; in United States they earn 1.24% less than the national average, earning $42,614 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.77% more than the national average, earning $51,557 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Masters Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Masters in the Russian language
Мастерсmasters-

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Masters Reference & Research

Masters DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Masters FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

McMasters, McMaster, FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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