Mahmoud Forename
119th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,483,714 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt
Mahmoud Forename User-submission:
Mahmoud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name محمود (Maḥmūd), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning praise, along with Muhammad.
Mahmoud Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 100% | 1,950,080 | 1:47 | 3 |
| Iran | 100% | 391,148 | 1:201 | 37 |
| Syria | - | 245,001 | 1:79 | 10 |
| Jordan | 100% | 146,140 | 1:60 | 4 |
| Sudan | 100% | 139,612 | 1:271 | 32 |
| Iraq | 100% | 119,302 | 1:294 | 43 |
| Palestine | 100% | 74,366 | 1:61 | 5 |
| Algeria | 100% | 73,215 | 1:521 | 110 |
| Yemen | - | 72,029 | 1:365 | 60 |
| Libya | - | 60,776 | 1:102 | 13 |
| Afghanistan | 86% | 45,339 | 1:720 | 126 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 39,265 | 1:143 | 15 |
| Morocco | 100% | 20,609 | 1:1,667 | 262 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 12,764 | 1:2,414 | 406 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 12,434 | 1:329 | 45 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9,837 | 1:721 | 169 |
| Bahrain | - | 8,257 | 1:163 | 17 |
| United States | 100% | 7,763 | 1:46,701 | 2,688 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5,050 | 1:10,453 | 1,350 |
| Oman | 100% | 4,905 | 1:838 | 123 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,606 | 1:49,241 | 3,626 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,371 | 1:8,005 | 832 |
| France | 100% | 2,946 | 1:22,563 | 979 |
| Chad | 98% | 2,904 | 1:4,683 | 706 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,193 | 1:15,109 | 1,517 |
| Mali | 100% | 2,154 | 1:7,882 | 700 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,077 | 1:4,746 | 542 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,932 | 1:350 | 44 |
| India | 100% | 1,684 | 1:721,424 | 52,135 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,618 | 1:60,297 | 5,277 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,570 | 1:61,578 | 1,609 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,555 | 1:4,599 | 549 |
| England | 100% | 1,529 | 1:36,366 | 1,909 |
| Angola | - | 1,485 | 1:18,159 | 1,621 |
| Niger | 98% | 1,100 | 1:17,440 | 1,342 |
| Somalia | - | 1,037 | 1:13,043 | 1,141 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Kenya | - | 915 | 1:50,609 | 3,430 |
| Poland | 100% | 801 | 1:47,475 | 1,298 |
| Comoros | - | 784 | 1:971 | 176 |
| Spain | 100% | 771 | 1:60,350 | 2,221 |
| Senegal | 100% | 710 | 1:20,537 | 1,208 |
| Denmark | - | 656 | 1:8,612 | 771 |
| Togo | - | 577 | 1:12,546 | 1,699 |
| Brazil | 100% | 548 | 1:390,942 | 13,919 |
| Guinea | 100% | 521 | 1:22,761 | 1,093 |
| Thailand | 100% | 476 | 1:147,197 | 10,835 |
| Belgium | 100% | 442 | 1:25,996 | 1,763 |
| Djibouti | - | 370 | 1:2,475 | 345 |
| Kuwait | - | 370 | 1:10,230 | 1,219 |
| Austria | - | 289 | 1:29,461 | 1,144 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 286 | 1:59,098 | 3,804 |
| Greece | 100% | 252 | 1:43,391 | 1,591 |
| Italy | 100% | 247 | 1:247,215 | 3,310 |
| Uganda | 83% | 200 | 1:204,785 | 7,014 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 197 | 1:154,568 | 9,622 |
| Australia | - | 192 | 1:71,133 | 2,986 |
| Norway | 100% | 175 | 1:29,328 | 1,512 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 152 | 1:151,815 | 8,189 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 141 | 1:214,198 | 7,633 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 130 | 1:63,181 | 2,469 |
| Russia | 100% | 126 | 1:1,144,712 | 9,393 |
| DR Congo | 90% | 103 | 1:716,773 | 23,137 |
| South Africa | 100% | 97 | 1:562,192 | 25,877 |
| Philippines | 99% | 92 | 1:1,152,277 | 30,107 |
| Qatar | 100% | 92 | 1:25,757 | 3,566 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Scotland | 100% | 78 | 1:68,594 | 1,882 |
| Tajikistan | - | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 60 | 1:306,324 | 12,066 |
| China | - | 58 | 1:23,552,686 | 60,593 |
| Finland | 75% | 50 | 1:109,664 | 2,491 |
| Liberia | 100% | 47 | 1:93,874 | 4,147 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 44 | 1:491,148 | 15,957 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| New Zealand | - | 40 | 1:113,401 | 4,717 |
| Gambia | - | 36 | 1:53,517 | 339 |
| Hungary | - | 36 | 1:271,994 | 1,280 |
| Benin | 100% | 34 | 1:311,054 | 12,450 |
| Brunei | 100% | 34 | 1:12,340 | 860 |
| Wales | 100% | 33 | 1:93,767 | 2,382 |
| Romania | 100% | 30 | 1:668,399 | 18,240 |
| Estonia | 100% | 29 | 1:45,358 | 2,735 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 26 | 1:7,475,295 | 61,186 |
| Ireland | 100% | 22 | 1:211,069 | 3,894 |
| Ukraine | - | 22 | 1:2,068,178 | 5,166 |
| Singapore | - | 20 | 1:314,353 | 9,609 |
| Czechia | 100% | 19 | 1:560,851 | 2,621 |
| Ecuador | - | 19 | 1:932,996 | 7,538 |
| Panama | 100% | 19 | 1:205,608 | 7,846 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Belarus | 88% | 18 | 1:526,799 | 3,344 |
| Chile | 85% | 18 | 1:978,178 | 8,954 |
| Japan | - | 18 | 1:7,110,336 | 31,011 |
| Turkey | 100% | 14 | 1:5,557,265 | 23,905 |
| Croatia | - | 13 | 1:324,390 | 4,474 |
| Cyprus | - | 11 | 1:79,189 | 2,418 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Israel | 100% | 10 | 1:840,292 | 12,787 |
| Moldova | - | 10 | 1:356,114 | 2,508 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 8 | 1:307,345 | 4,581 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Belize | 100% | 7 | 1:50,616 | 3,777 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 6 | 1:42,993,945 | 799,692 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Congo | - | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Màhmoud (1) are calculated separately.
Mahmoud (2,314,117) may also be a surname.
Mahmoud Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Mahmoud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name محمود (Maḥmūd), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning praise, along with Muhammad.
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Mahmoud Demographics
Average Mahmoud Salary in
United States
$53,221 USD
Per year
Rank:
100,342 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00218927
Rank: 2,586 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
122.27%
Sample size: 3,391 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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