All over the world, Masoud (مسعود 
, Masoud 
, Масуд 
, and others...) is a widespread masculine first name. The first name Masoud is characteristic of Libya, where it is a common male name, Oman, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Tanzania (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Egypt, Tanzania, and Algeria. Much less frequently, Masoud is the last name as well as the forename.
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| مسعود | Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Iran, Algeria |
| Masoud | Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tanzania, Iran |
| Масуд | Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Ukraine |
| Масоуд | Russia, Ukraine |
Masoud is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Masoud Shastchi , the fictional character, Man of Many Faces and Masood Ahmed , the Fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
| el-sayed ibrahim masoud Egyptian weightlifter (b. 1914) |
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masoud sabbaghan Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University 1993 |
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masoud jafari tirabadi Civil Engineering (b. 1994) |
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| masoud yasami painter (b. 1949) |
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| masoud baba abdul-rahman Ghanaian politician, GH (b. 1952) |
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| masoud mobaraki Iranian bicycle racer, IR (b. 1953) |
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| masoud sepand US (b. 1943) |
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| ali khamis masoud Tanzanian politician, TZ (b. 1956) |
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| masoud khalkhali Ph.D. Dalhousie University 1991 (b. 1956) |
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| masoud shojaee Iranian entrepreneur, US (b. 1959) |
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| masoud abdallah salim Tanzanian Member of Parliament, TZ (b. 1962) |
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| masoud banisadr (b. 1953) |
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| masoud kamali IR (b. 1956) |
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| masoud nosrati politician, IR (b. 1968) |
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| masoud mohseni Senior Research Scientist at Google (b. 1969) |
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