Mohammad Forename
8th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 16,782,433 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan
Mohammad Forename User-submission:
Mehmet or Mehmed is a Turkified version of the Arabic name مُحَمَّد (Mohammad), which means 'praised'. Mohammad is the name of the prophet of Islam. Mehmet is very popular name in Turkey, because of the Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople.
Read More About This ForenameMohammad Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 81% | 5,833,215 | 1:33 | 2 |
| Iran | 100% | 2,990,136 | 1:26 | 1 |
| India | 100% | 2,320,861 | 1:523 | 21 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 2,312,444 | 1:14 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,181,818 | 1:73 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 250,582 | 1:122 | 14 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 220,051 | 1:1,172 | 81 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 118,486 | 1:1,499 | 271 |
| Egypt | 100% | 91,329 | 1:1,006 | 185 |
| Sudan | 100% | 69,211 | 1:546 | 95 |
| Philippines | 99% | 54,729 | 1:1,937 | 400 |
| United States | 100% | 52,002 | 1:6,972 | 876 |
| Kuwait | - | 51,766 | 1:73 | 5 |
| England | 100% | 29,051 | 1:1,914 | 329 |
| Libya | - | 22,585 | 1:275 | 45 |
| Nepal | 100% | 18,068 | 1:1,577 | 275 |
| Oman | - | 12,405 | 1:331 | 47 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,676 | 1:2,838 | 538 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 11,422 | 1:114 | 6 |
| Brunei | 100% | 11,242 | 1:37 | 6 |
| Bahrain | - | 10,270 | 1:131 | 10 |
| Mozambique | - | 9,120 | 1:2,987 | 632 |
| Thailand | 100% | 8,950 | 1:7,829 | 1,309 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7,693 | 1:1,281 | 217 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 5,938 | 1:3,503 | 606 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,828 | 1:5,287 | 832 |
| Germany | 100% | 5,488 | 1:17,616 | 881 |
| Morocco | 100% | 5,459 | 1:6,292 | 602 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,372 | 1:1,621 | 330 |
| Jordan | - | 3,495 | 1:2,526 | 420 |
| Syria | - | 3,494 | 1:5,525 | 637 |
| Poland | 100% | 3,110 | 1:12,227 | 523 |
| Iraq | - | 2,926 | 1:11,968 | 895 |
| Denmark | - | 2,843 | 1:1,987 | 332 |
| Norway | 100% | 2,757 | 1:1,862 | 354 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,730 | 1:17,044 | 1,061 |
| Australia | - | 2,588 | 1:5,277 | 676 |
| Uganda | 97% | 2,385 | 1:17,173 | 1,468 |
| Angola | - | 2,159 | 1:12,490 | 1,319 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,081 | 1:46,881 | 4,595 |
| Kenya | - | 1,922 | 1:24,093 | 2,194 |
| France | 100% | 1,661 | 1:40,018 | 1,347 |
| Ghana | - | 1,629 | 1:16,566 | 1,344 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,509 | 1:4,740 | 566 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,438 | 1:5,921 | 493 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,393 | 1:39,148 | 4,340 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,345 | 1:8,543 | 996 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,340 | 1:3,993 | 432 |
| Brazil | 100% | 855 | 1:250,569 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 797 | 1:21,207 | 2,005 |
| Greece | 100% | 727 | 1:15,041 | 817 |
| Singapore | 99% | 706 | 1:8,905 | 1,619 |
| Italy | 100% | 694 | 1:87,986 | 1,770 |
| Mali | 100% | 608 | 1:27,924 | 1,823 |
| Somalia | - | 558 | 1:24,240 | 1,622 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Wales | 100% | 492 | 1:6,289 | 661 |
| Finland | 93% | 453 | 1:12,104 | 870 |
| Ireland | 100% | 438 | 1:10,602 | 729 |
| New Zealand | - | 435 | 1:10,428 | 1,093 |
| Japan | - | 425 | 1:301,144 | 8,565 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 404 | 1:20,330 | 1,422 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 381 | 1:21,981 | 1,554 |
| Chad | 100% | 371 | 1:36,653 | 3,873 |
| Qatar | 100% | 296 | 1:8,005 | 1,287 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 294 | 1:179,552 | 7,849 |
| Malawi | - | 275 | 1:62,227 | 3,900 |
| Portugal | - | 267 | 1:38,992 | 1,469 |
| Algeria | 100% | 258 | 1:147,972 | 2,807 |
| Russia | 100% | 235 | 1:613,760 | 6,225 |
| China | - | 179 | 1:7,631,597 | 59,418 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 155 | 1:198,622 | 4,583 |
| Hungary | 100% | 148 | 1:66,161 | 614 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Hong Kong | - | 118 | 1:65,701 | 2,614 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 110 | 1:671,160 | 22,021 |
| Liberia | 100% | 107 | 1:41,234 | 2,323 |
| Guyana | 100% | 97 | 1:7,869 | 1,272 |
| Turkey | 100% | 88 | 1:884,110 | 9,346 |
| South Korea | - | 86 | 1:64,470 | 3,919 |
| Guinea | 100% | 77 | 1:154,008 | 2,430 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 73 | 1:413,725 | 11,797 |
| Romania | 100% | 67 | 1:299,283 | 9,297 |
| Lebanon | - | 54 | 1:104,214 | 3,273 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 53 | 1:435,395 | 17,032 |
| Estonia | 100% | 49 | 1:26,844 | 2,029 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 47 | 1:459,798 | 15,245 |
| Ukraine | - | 47 | 1:968,083 | 3,258 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 45 | 1:19,357 | 1,267 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 45 | 1:7,070 | 1,007 |
| Belarus | 100% | 44 | 1:215,509 | 1,812 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Botswana | - | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Mexico | 100% | 35 | 1:3,546,984 | 16,455 |
| Taiwan | 89% | 35 | 1:679,134 | 32,372 |
| Zambia | - | 35 | 1:452,994 | 10,918 |
| Barbados | - | 34 | 1:8,523 | 996 |
| Czechia | 100% | 33 | 1:322,914 | 2,031 |
| Senegal | 100% | 33 | 1:441,859 | 6,104 |
| Tunisia | - | 33 | 1:20,512 | 1,526 |
| Israel | 100% | 30 | 1:280,097 | 7,331 |
| Niger | 93% | 27 | 1:710,518 | 12,614 |
| Panama | 100% | 27 | 1:144,687 | 6,280 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 26 | 1:682,571 | 8,734 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 25 | 1:735,179 | 22,242 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 21 | 1:774,920 | 13,633 |
| Jamaica | - | 20 | 1:144,161 | 5,419 |
| Ecuador | - | 19 | 1:932,996 | 7,538 |
| Serbia | - | 18 | 1:396,984 | 4,513 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 18 | 1:295,004 | 1,634 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 15 | 1:317,863 | 5,868 |
| Belize | 100% | 14 | 1:25,308 | 2,585 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 13 | 1:43,388 | 1,811 |
| Yemen | - | 13 | 1:2,022,827 | 3,647 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 12 | 1:153,596 | 1,669 |
| Georgia | 100% | 12 | 1:311,539 | 6,981 |
| Vietnam | - | 12 | 1:7,718,593 | 3,884 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 11 | 1:876,631 | 13,781 |
| Peru | 100% | 11 | 1:2,890,132 | 25,809 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 11 | 1:1,402,165 | 43,227 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 10 | 1:245,876 | 4,150 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Latvia | - | 9 | 1:223,961 | 2,957 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Chile | 100% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| Armenia | 100% | 7 | 1:416,965 | 5,243 |
| Benin | - | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 7 | 1:507,186 | 3,923 |
| Croatia | - | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 6 | 1:226,903 | 11,844 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Monaco | - | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Congo | - | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Maldives | 100% | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Mauritania | - | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
The alternate forms: Mohammâd (3) are calculated separately.
Mohammad (10,078,970) may also be a surname.
Mohammad Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Mehmet or Mehmed is a Turkified version of the Arabic name مُحَمَّد (Mohammad), which means 'praised'. Mohammad is the name of the prophet of Islam. Mehmet is very popular name in Turkey, because of the Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople.
- metastaThis name come from an authentic Arabic masculine noun, which is an exaggerated form of the verb praise. It means 'person with praiseworthy qualities', 'thanksgiving one'.
- adnanghThis name derives from the Arabic word hamd, which means 'thankfulness', and hence means 'that of many thanks', or 'one who is very thankful'.
- beno96The name Mohammad means 'praised', 'exalted'. It derives from the objective form of the root verb hamd (حمد) in Arabic.
- mhmdghfrThe name Mohammad means 'praiseworthy' in Arabic. It is the name of the Prophet in Islam.
- kimkerry1Mohammad Forename Popularity
Mohammad Demographics
Average Male Mohammad Height
173.46 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,922 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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