M'Hamed Surname
Approximately 8,300 people bear this surname
M'Hamed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7,265 | 1:564 | 75 |
| Morocco | 545 | 1:63,259 | 10,584 |
| Algeria | 286 | 1:135,075 | 18,367 |
| Spain | 125 | 1:374,016 | 20,935 |
| Niger | 37 | 1:518,703 | 13,483 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
M'Hamed (119,495) may also be a first name.
M'Hamed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name M'Hamed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname M'Hamed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺤﻤﺪ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Hamed? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 60,660th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 878,018 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of M'Hamed are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 8,639th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 119,495 people.
It is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7,265 people, or 1 in 564. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 20 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 14 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 12 percent live. Other than Mauritania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 7 percent live and Algeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
M'Hamed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| M'Hamed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺤﻤﺪ | amhmd | 88.03 |
| ﺃﻣﺤﻤﺪ | amhmd | 10.53 |
| ﺍﻣﺤﻴﻤﺪ | amhymd | 0.37 |
| ﺍﻣﻬﻤﺪ | amhmd | 0.18 |
| ﺇﻣﺤﻤﺪ | amhmd | 0.07 |
| ﻟﻤﺤﻤﺪ | lmhmd | 0.04 |
| ﺍﻣﺤﻤﻴﺪ | amhmyd | 0.04 |
| ﺳﻴﺪﺍﻣﺤﻤﺪ | sydamhmd | 0.04 |
| ﺍﺣﻴﻤﺪ | ahymd | 0.04 |
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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 M'Hamed
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