Explore the Family Name Masood

The meaning of Masood

Muslim (mainly Pakistan): variant of Masud. Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Syed, Khalid, Tariq, Ahmed, Mohammad, Shahid, Adnan, Ahmad, Anwer, Arshad, Imran, Javed. Indian Anju, Asim, Burhan, Nehal, Shaila.

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How common is the last name Masood in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Masood has seen a significant increase in the United States. As of 2000, it ranked 29,181st and moved up to 18,849th by 2010, a growth of approximately 35.41%. The count of people with this surname more than doubled during this period, rising from 765 to 1,451 – an increase of almost 90%. Consequently, the proportion of people named Masood per 100,000 increased by 75%, from 0.28 to 0.49.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,181	#18,849	35.41%
Count	765	1,451	89.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.49	75%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Masood

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Masood surname identify as Asian/Pacific Islander, which grew from 69.02% in 2000 to 82.77% in 2010. There was a significant decrease in individuals identifying as two or more races, dropping from 13.86% to 2.89%. The percentage of those who identified as White also decreased from 13.99% to 11.72%. A new emergence was observed in the Hispanic population, which constituted 1.79% of Masoods in 2010, whereas there were no recorded Hispanics under this surname in 2000. No changes were registered among Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	69.02%	82.77%	19.92%
White	13.99%	11.72%	-16.23%
Two or More Races	13.86%	2.89%	-79.15%
Hispanic	0%	1.79%	0%
Black	1.57%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%