Explore the Family Name Masud

The meaning of Masud

Muslim (mainly the Indian subcontinent): from a personal name based on Arabic masʿūd ‘lucky, fortunate, happy’, ultimately derived from the same root (s-ʿ-d ‘happy, fortunate’) as the names Massad, Saad, and Said 2. Compare Masood and Massoud.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Masud" increased significantly between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname rose by 27.11 percent from 54,269 in 2000 to 39,555 in 2010. During the same period, the count of people with the Masud surname also saw a rise of 56.18 percent, from 356 to 556. This translates to a proportional increase per 100k people of 46.15 percent, further underscoring the growing popularity of this surname.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#54,269	#39,555	27.11%
Count	356	556	56.18%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.19	46.15%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Masud

Turning to the ethnic identities associated with the surname "Masud", significant changes were observed between 2000 and 2010 using the Decennial U.S. Census data. Most notably, the proportion of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased by 9.58 percent, taking it to 61.87 percent in 2010 from its previous percentage of 56.46. Meanwhile, the proportion of individuals identifying as Hispanic saw an uptick of 35.36 percent. However, it is important to note a decrease in the percentage of individuals identifying as Black, which dropped by 30.34 percent. For those claiming two or more races and American Indian/Alaskan Native ethnicity, their data was suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	56.46%	61.87%	9.58%
White	21.91%	22.66%	3.42%
Hispanic	4.78%	6.47%	35.36%
Black	6.46%	4.5%	-30.34%
Two or More Races	10.39%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%