Muhammad Forename
5th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 26,397,029 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan
Muhammad Forename User-submission:
(Arabic: محمد) is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name مُحَمَّد. it comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb, ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), meaning 'praise', which comes from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D. The word can therefore be translated as 'praised', 'commendable', 'laudable'.
Read More About This ForenameMuhammad Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 100% | 20,824,913 | 1:9 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,898,648 | 1:136 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 944,201 | 1:32 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 889,503 | 1:200 | 17 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 545,111 | 1:293 | 12 |
| Egypt | 100% | 526,374 | 1:175 | 20 |
| India | 100% | 214,967 | 1:5,651 | 662 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 150,556 | 1:217 | 15 |
| Israel | 100% | 73,249 | 1:115 | 7 |
| Sudan | 100% | 39,464 | 1:958 | 175 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 27,733 | 1:302 | 50 |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 26,220 | 1:1,174 | 264 |
| England | 100% | 23,661 | 1:2,350 | 367 |
| Uganda | 97% | 22,150 | 1:1,849 | 285 |
| United States | 100% | 19,782 | 1:18,327 | 1,560 |
| Thailand | 100% | 18,156 | 1:3,859 | 663 |
| Mozambique | - | 15,360 | 1:1,774 | 392 |
| Oman | - | 12,610 | 1:326 | 44 |
| Bahrain | - | 10,684 | 1:126 | 7 |
| Canada | 100% | 10,435 | 1:3,175 | 584 |
| Libya | - | 9,915 | 1:627 | 112 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9,800 | 1:2,122 | 381 |
| Spain | 100% | 7,254 | 1:6,414 | 572 |
| South Africa | 100% | 6,194 | 1:8,804 | 1,547 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 6,011 | 1:1,179 | 248 |
| Gambia | - | 5,229 | 1:368 | 86 |
| Philippines | 99% | 4,055 | 1:26,143 | 2,454 |
| Malawi | 99% | 3,892 | 1:4,397 | 675 |
| Brunei | 100% | 3,888 | 1:108 | 14 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,484 | 1:7,746 | 812 |
| Australia | - | 2,648 | 1:5,158 | 670 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 2,449 | 1:530 | 42 |
| Angola | - | 2,294 | 1:11,755 | 1,288 |
| Kenya | - | 2,246 | 1:20,618 | 1,997 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,196 | 1:44,426 | 4,461 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,168 | 1:17,540 | 665 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,959 | 1:3,209 | 529 |
| Russia | 100% | 1,891 | 1:76,274 | 1,588 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,760 | 1:5,601 | 594 |
| Nepal | 100% | 1,682 | 1:16,937 | 1,685 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,676 | 1:4,267 | 510 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,574 | 1:19,576 | 2,599 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,417 | 1:68,227 | 1,689 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,353 | 1:39,016 | 3,130 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,283 | 1:8,523 | 542 |
| Iraq | - | 1,265 | 1:27,682 | 1,322 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,217 | 1:4,396 | 447 |
| Syria | - | 1,038 | 1:18,599 | 1,072 |
| Denmark | - | 822 | 1:6,873 | 695 |
| Ireland | 100% | 764 | 1:6,078 | 550 |
| Norway | 100% | 671 | 1:7,649 | 760 |
| Morocco | - | 655 | 1:52,441 | 2,146 |
| Brazil | 100% | 588 | 1:364,347 | 13,280 |
| Somalia | - | 558 | 1:24,240 | 1,622 |
| New Zealand | - | 550 | 1:8,247 | 942 |
| France | 100% | 523 | 1:127,094 | 2,507 |
| Mali | 100% | 442 | 1:38,411 | 2,315 |
| Italy | 98% | 428 | 1:142,668 | 2,315 |
| Belgium | 100% | 422 | 1:27,228 | 1,809 |
| Wales | 100% | 374 | 1:8,274 | 744 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 373 | 1:45,314 | 3,209 |
| China | - | 342 | 1:3,994,315 | 51,308 |
| Japan | - | 314 | 1:407,599 | 10,022 |
| Iran | - | 242 | 1:324,367 | 4,785 |
| Portugal | - | 240 | 1:43,379 | 1,571 |
| Finland | 100% | 237 | 1:23,136 | 1,199 |
| Ecuador | - | 173 | 1:102,468 | 2,483 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 165 | 1:107,557 | 3,185 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 153 | 1:8,898 | 1,347 |
| Austria | 98% | 150 | 1:56,761 | 1,598 |
| South Korea | - | 134 | 1:41,376 | 3,041 |
| Jordan | - | 128 | 1:68,959 | 1,764 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 123 | 1:600,224 | 20,154 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 90 | 1:91,261 | 2,993 |
| Qatar | 100% | 89 | 1:26,625 | 3,698 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Maldives | 100% | 87 | 1:4,987 | 281 |
| Guyana | 100% | 86 | 1:8,875 | 1,390 |
| Botswana | - | 84 | 1:26,005 | 2,957 |
| Cambodia | 95% | 70 | 1:232,476 | 6,991 |
| Hong Kong | - | 66 | 1:117,466 | 2,903 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 60 | 1:91,214 | 1,049 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 57 | 1:169,174 | 5,867 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Senegal | 100% | 54 | 1:270,025 | 4,736 |
| Taiwan | 79% | 53 | 1:448,485 | 26,770 |
| Rwanda | - | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 43 | 1:138,913 | 7,978 |
| Zambia | - | 41 | 1:386,702 | 10,035 |
| Liberia | 100% | 37 | 1:119,245 | 4,888 |
| Turkey | 100% | 36 | 1:2,161,159 | 14,782 |
| Namibia | - | 35 | 1:68,691 | 3,761 |
| Czechia | 100% | 33 | 1:322,914 | 2,031 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 31 | 1:744,385 | 24,263 |
| Panama | 100% | 26 | 1:150,252 | 6,399 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 26 | 1:1,161,611 | 23,916 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 25 | 1:417,251 | 13,014 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Laos | - | 25 | 1:263,474 | 265 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Hungary | 100% | 23 | 1:425,729 | 1,669 |
| Jamaica | - | 23 | 1:125,358 | 4,894 |
| Chile | 100% | 22 | 1:800,328 | 7,987 |
| Mexico | 100% | 20 | 1:6,207,221 | 22,824 |
| Peru | 100% | 20 | 1:1,589,573 | 17,785 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 19 | 1:16,744 | 1,477 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 18 | 1:102,397 | 1,497 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 16 | 1:963,989 | 34,627 |
| Grenada | 100% | 15 | 1:7,208 | 1,050 |
| Belarus | 100% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| Benin | 100% | 11 | 1:961,440 | 24,735 |
| Tunisia | - | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Yemen | - | 10 | 1:2,629,675 | 3,867 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 8 | 1:255,000 | 16,349 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Romania | - | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6 | 1:409,793 | 5,154 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Niger | 100% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 5 | 1:1,630,463 | 100,826 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Algeria | 100% | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Congo | - | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
The alternate forms: Mühammad (27) are calculated separately.
Muhammad (5,854,495) may also be a surname.
Muhammad Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(Arabic: محمد) is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name مُحَمَّد. it comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb, ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), meaning 'praise', which comes from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D. The word can therefore be translated as 'praised', 'commendable', 'laudable'.
- tomanq7705Mehmet 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.
- metastaThe name of the last and most important Prophet in Islam, Muslims all around the world use this name, either as a way to honour the Prophet or as a hope that the child would grow up to be a good person.
- thariqziyadThis name derives from the Arabic word hamd, which means 'thankfulness', and hence means 'that of many thanks', or 'one who is very thankful'.
- beno96It is an Arabic name, which means 'foretold' or 'the praised one'. It can also mean 'well behaved'.
- erayselimMuhammad Forename Popularity
Muhammad Demographics
Average Muhammad Salary in
United States
$43,172 USD
Per year
Rank:
208,858 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00418758
Rank: 1,762 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
99.18%
Sample size: 7,996 (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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