Al-Mahdi Surname
Approximately 2,585 people bear this surname
Al-Mahdi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 1,073 | 1:28,757 | 4,075 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Iran | 295 | 1:260,280 | 19,394 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Yemen | 13 | 1:2,032,715 | 13,240 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Al-Mahdi (42) may also be a first name.
Al-Mahdi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al-Mahdi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Al-Mahdi is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al-Mahdi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 167,319th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,819,167 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Al-Mahdi are found; 50 percent are found in West Asia and 50 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 42 people.
It is most frequent in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 1,073 people, or 1 in 28,757. Besides Saudi Arabia this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 24 percent live and Iran, where 11 percent live.
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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 Al-Mahdi
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