Muhammed Forename
Approximately 1,692,427 people bear this name
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Muhammad (Arabic: محمد) is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name مُحَمَّد that comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), praise, which comes from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D. The word can therefore be translated as 'praised, commendable, laudable'.
Read More About This ForenameMuhammed Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 950,357 | 1:187 | 15 |
| India | 100% | 179,815 | 1:6,756 | 830 |
| Turkey | 100% | 118,452 | 1:657 | 119 |
| Pakistan | 85% | 98,098 | 1:1,981 | 363 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 54,674 | 1:1,784 | 321 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 51,289 | 1:601 | 79 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 51,230 | 1:3,113 | 450 |
| Egypt | 100% | 49,514 | 1:1,856 | 285 |
| Gambia | - | 25,989 | 1:74 | 13 |
| Sudan | 100% | 20,624 | 1:1,833 | 342 |
| Uganda | 98% | 16,767 | 1:2,443 | 352 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 16,453 | 1:1,264 | 239 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 5,465 | 1:1,297 | 268 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,338 | 1:5,055 | 636 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 5,050 | 1:6,030 | 696 |
| Libya | - | 4,958 | 1:1,255 | 241 |
| Oman | 50% | 4,751 | 1:865 | 129 |
| England | 100% | 4,185 | 1:13,286 | 966 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,290 | 1:16,575 | 2,443 |
| United States | 100% | 3,231 | 1:112,206 | 4,814 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,052 | 1:125,713 | 13,515 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,971 | 1:1,202 | 96 |
| Syria | - | 1,862 | 1:10,368 | 848 |
| Iraq | 80% | 1,738 | 1:20,148 | 1,131 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,638 | 1:32,227 | 2,769 |
| Canada | 92% | 1,525 | 1:21,727 | 1,914 |
| Poland | - | 1,084 | 1:35,080 | 1,050 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 874 | 1:20,305 | 1,264 |
| Bahrain | - | 710 | 1:1,900 | 313 |
| Malawi | 100% | 698 | 1:24,516 | 2,075 |
| Germany | 100% | 684 | 1:141,342 | 2,566 |
| Kenya | 83% | 605 | 1:76,541 | 4,477 |
| Morocco | - | 573 | 1:59,945 | 2,327 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 534 | 1:15,683 | 1,262 |
| Sweden | 100% | 473 | 1:20,841 | 1,444 |
| Somalia | - | 399 | 1:33,899 | 2,007 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 351 | 1:48,154 | 3,340 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 327 | 1:16,737 | 522 |
| Russia | 100% | 324 | 1:445,166 | 5,074 |
| Denmark | - | 298 | 1:18,958 | 1,159 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 291 | 1:105,795 | 3,016 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 283 | 1:25,272 | 2,503 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 236 | 1:91,570 | 4,957 |
| Thailand | 100% | 214 | 1:327,410 | 17,907 |
| Singapore | 100% | 211 | 1:29,796 | 5,847 |
| Belgium | 100% | 177 | 1:64,915 | 2,794 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 177 | 1:1,797 | 408 |
| Austria | 100% | 164 | 1:51,916 | 1,544 |
| Spain | 100% | 140 | 1:332,357 | 5,223 |
| Scotland | 100% | 139 | 1:38,492 | 1,371 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 138 | 1:69,876 | 3,698 |
| Liberia | 100% | 121 | 1:36,463 | 2,118 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Jordan | 81% | 107 | 1:82,493 | 1,907 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 103 | 1:716,773 | 23,137 |
| France | 100% | 103 | 1:645,343 | 6,174 |
| Australia | - | 99 | 1:137,956 | 4,338 |
| Palestine | 82% | 85 | 1:53,530 | 1,520 |
| Norway | 100% | 76 | 1:67,531 | 2,531 |
| Brunei | - | 69 | 1:6,081 | 614 |
| Finland | 91% | 69 | 1:79,466 | 2,118 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 69 | 1:86,569 | 6,120 |
| Yemen | - | 69 | 1:381,112 | 2,131 |
| Ireland | 100% | 57 | 1:81,465 | 2,204 |
| Wales | 100% | 55 | 1:56,260 | 1,840 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 51 | 1:161,049 | 4,126 |
| Brazil | 100% | 50 | 1:4,284,723 | 70,566 |
| Botswana | - | 42 | 1:52,011 | 4,968 |
| Zambia | - | 36 | 1:440,411 | 10,751 |
| Namibia | - | 35 | 1:68,691 | 3,761 |
| China | - | 31 | 1:44,066,316 | 61,924 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 24 | 1:1,359,313 | 14,542 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 24 | 1:234,482 | 4,595 |
| Philippines | 95% | 22 | 1:4,818,613 | 84,327 |
| Senegal | 100% | 21 | 1:694,350 | 7,738 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 19 | 1:367,915 | 6,773 |
| Iran | - | 19 | 1:4,131,414 | 17,591 |
| New Zealand | - | 19 | 1:238,739 | 7,355 |
| Israel | 76% | 18 | 1:466,829 | 9,497 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 18 | 1:136,598 | 3,266 |
| Kosovo | - | 16 | 1:116,340 | 5,962 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 13 | 1:104,725 | 7,155 |
| Albania | 100% | 12 | 1:253,881 | 12,076 |
| Italy | 100% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Ivory Coast | 80% | 10 | 1:2,307,593 | 50,152 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Mauritius | - | 9 | 1:144,198 | 3,629 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Benin | 100% | 8 | 1:1,321,980 | 30,116 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Jamaica | - | 8 | 1:360,403 | 10,541 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Georgia | 100% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Maldives | 100% | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| Romania | 100% | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Belize | - | 3 | 1:118,103 | 5,590 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Burundi | 100% | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
Muhammed (1,822,460) may also be a surname.
Muhammed Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Muhammad (Arabic: محمد) is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name مُحَمَّد that comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), praise, which comes from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D. The word can therefore be translated as 'praised, commendable, laudable'. It is thought to be the most popular name in the world, being given to an estimated 150 million men and boys.
Pronunciation
- /moʊˈhæməd/, /moʊˈhɑːməd/, /muːˈhæməd/, /muːˈhɑːməd/, /moʊˈhæmɛd/, /moʊˈhɑːmɛd/.
- Arabic: [muˈħamːad], [moˈħamːad].
- Egyptian Arabic: [mæˈħæmːæd]
- Persian: [mohæmˈmæd]
- Turkish: [muˈhammed].
- Urdu: [mʊˈhəmməd].
The name Muḥammad is the strictest and primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, محمد, that comes from the Arabic passive participle of ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), praise, and further from triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D (praise); hence praised, or praiseworthy. However, its actual pronunciation differs colloquially, for example, in Egyptian Arabic: IPA: [mæˈħæmːæd], while in exclusively religious contexts, talking about Islam: IPA: [moˈħæmːæd].
The name has one of the highest numbers of English spelling variants in the world.Other Arabic names from the same root include Mahmud, Ahmed, Hamed, Tahmid and Hamid.
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