Al Mahdi Surname
Approximately 23,769 people bear this surname
Al Mahdi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 18,678 | 1:1,415 | 211 |
| Bangladesh | 2,163 | 1:73,674 | 3,528 |
| Saudi Arabia | 795 | 1:38,812 | 5,622 |
| Kuwait | 463 | 1:8,209 | 1,130 |
| Syria | 415 | 1:46,508 | 2,535 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Iran | 226 | 1:339,746 | 23,016 |
| United Arab Emirates | 208 | 1:44,049 | 4,464 |
| Lebanon | 76 | 1:74,172 | 5,162 |
| Palestine | 55 | 1:82,706 | 6,409 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Al Mahdi (374) may also be a first name.
Al Mahdi Demographics
Al Mahdi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Mahdi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Mahdi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Al Mahdi occurs more in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Mahdi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 22,841st most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 306,599 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Al Mahdi live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Al Mahdi is also the 448,725th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 374 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is borne by 18,678 people, or 1 in 1,415. In Yemen Al Mahdi is most numerous in: Al Mahwit Governorate, where 17 percent reside, Dhamar Governorate, where 15 percent reside and Amanat Al Asimah, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Yemen it occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 9 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent reside.
Al Mahdi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Sunni (55%) in Lebanon.
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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
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