Ahmads Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Ahmads Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ahmads Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia521:2,543,254149,807
Pakistan261:6,870,91939,117
Latvia171:120,59117,235
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Ahmads (292) may also be a first name.

Ahmads Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ahmads Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ahmads is most common in Indonesia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ahmads? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,795,579th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. Ahmads is primarily found in Asia, where 65 percent of Ahmads are found; 35 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 35 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 516,683rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 292 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 2,543,254. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Java, where 58 percent live, Papua, where 31 percent live and Banten, where 4 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 25 percent live and Latvia, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ahamads9225/
Ahmadsh928/
Ajhmads921/
Ahymads921/
Amads9111/
Ahammads861/
Ahmadc83312/
Ahmadz8312/
Ahmadx835/
Hamads833/
Ahmats831/
Ahamadz773/
Ahamadc771/
Hammads771/
Amats7326/
Ahmaz7317/
Amods7314/
Emads731/
Ahmac731/
Amacs731/
Ahmach67232/
Atmats672/
Asmadz671/
Homacs671/
Hamats671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ahmads
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