Surname Масато (Masato 
, Масато 
, Takiura 
) , all over the world, is a common last name. The family name Масато is characteristic of Japan, where it is quite a rare surname, Tanzania, and Taiwan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Japan, China, and Tanzania. Much less frequently, Масато is the forename as well as the last name.