Masin
surname · Latin script
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)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Masin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country.
- 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)
- Sources
- 43 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.9K (inferred from the name graph)
1,161 people
Highest-authority source
El Salvador, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
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 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Masin 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | — | 1,161 | 1 in 39K | 1.2K | Masin | 40 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈670 est. | ≈1 in 93K | listed | Masin | 13 |
| SV El Salvador | #528 | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 9.9K | — | Masin | 13 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 339K | — | Masin | 5 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 192K | — | Masin | 7 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 469 | 1 in 23K | 470 | — | — |
| AT Austria | — | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 173K | 2 | — | — |
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); the xinhua-italian-manual register; 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Masin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A barangay of Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, forma dialetal set., redução de Masino
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
from a pet form of Thomas.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In iba, salty.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tet, salt (sodium chloride)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alfred de Masinb. 1827FRFrench official (1827–1888)
- Sandra Masinb. 1942USAmerican politician
- George Masinb. 1947USAmerican fencer
- Gigi Masinb. 1955ITItalian composer (born 1955)
- Claudio Masinb. 1958ARArgentinian actor and director
- Massimiliano Masinb. 1968ITItalian baseball player
- Sandro Masinb. 1971FRFrench comics artist
- Gwendolyn Masinb. 1977NLDutch musician
- Arnold Masinb. 1977PLPolish politician
- María Lucila Masinb. 1984ARArgentinian politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 1.2K | — |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Masin 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.
- In which country does Masin have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Masin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled masin.
- How common is the name Masin?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 1,161 people named Masin, about 1 in 39 thousand residents.
- How common is Masin compared with other names?
- In El Salvador, Masin is the 528th most common surname of 35,145 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/masinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Masin” — the 528th most common surname in El Salvador. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.