Masín

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Masín is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from the personal name Masin, a pet form of any personal name beginning with Ma-, in particular Mate] (see Matthew), Martin, and Mauritius (see Morris).

rarermore common
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 9.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina1 in 39K
  • CZCzechia1 in 23K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (measured from records)

1,161 people

Sources
43 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 9.9K (inferred from the name graph)

El Salvador, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Masin in AR Argentina, SV El Salvador, PH Philippines and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from the personal name Masin, a pet form of any personal name beginning with Ma-, in particular Mate] (see Matthew), Martin, and Mauritius (see Morris). It may also be from a short form of Tomas (see Thomas).

Sources 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Masín counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Masín is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina—1,1611 in 39K1.2KMasin40
IT Italy—≈670 est.≈1 in 93KlistedMasin13
SV El Salvador#528≈650 est.≈1 in 9.9K—Masin13
NG Nigeria—≈630 est.≈1 in 339K—Masin5
PH Philippines—≈570 est.≈1 in 192K—Masin7
CZ Czechia—4691 in 23K470——
AT Austria—≈51 est.≈1 in 173K2——

1,161 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Masín is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname32 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Czechia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Czech

    Also written Машин, Масин, Масін, Mašín, Машін

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Canada

    Also written Masin

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Masín under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Masín mean, and where does it come from?
from the personal name Masin, a pet form of any personal name beginning with Ma-, in particular Mate] (see Matthew), Martin, and Mauritius (see Morris). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos.
In which country does Masín have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Masín, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled masin.
How common is the name Masín?
In Argentina, the national register counted 1,161 people named Masín, about 1 in 39 thousand residents.
How common is Masín compared with other names?
In El Salvador, Masín is the 528th most common surname of 35,145 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Masín” — the 528th most common surname in El Salvador. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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