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    The surname Masood

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,451 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M230

    Masood: #18,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Masood #18,849, 1,451 people Masood: #18,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Masood #18,849, 1,451 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Masood is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Variant spelling of Masoud.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,451 people named Masood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,781 Americans. That is up 90% since 2000, when the Census counted 765.

    #18,849
    rank among US surnames
    1,451
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +89.7%
    change since 2000 (was #29,181)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,841Tabron1,452212,635
    #18,849Berber1,451212,781
    #18,858Zagorski1,450212,928

    Who is named Masood

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    83% of people named Masood identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Masood

    Masood has the Soundex code M230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M230.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Masood come from?
    Variant spelling of Masoud.
    How common is the surname Masood?
    1,451 people in the United States had the surname Masood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,781 Americans. It ranked 18,849th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Masood?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Masood identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Masood getting more or less common?
    More common. 765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,451 in 2010, up 90%.