# Masoud (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/masoud/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 839 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,437 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 367,992 people |
| Change since 2000 | +62% (517 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Masood, Massoud, Masud |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْعُود (masʕūd); this surname is predominantly found in Tanzania and Egypt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Masoud in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 6.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Masoud in Algeria.

## People named Masoud

- Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud, association football player

## Similar surnames

Mast, Masuda, Masood, Machado, Michaud, Mosqueda, Macedo, McAtee, McQuade, McAdoo, Musto, McQuaid.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.