Mahdi Surname
Approximately 680,531 people bear this surname
Mahdi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 335,626 | 1:104 | 17 |
| Iran | 84,689 | 1:907 | 110 |
| Yemen | 81,783 | 1:323 | 32 |
| Sudan | 43,400 | 1:864 | 105 |
| Egypt | 30,019 | 1:3,063 | 425 |
| Algeria | 14,198 | 1:2,721 | 350 |
| Saudi Arabia | 12,323 | 1:2,504 | 307 |
| Indonesia | 10,394 | 1:12,724 | 1,603 |
| Bangladesh | 10,273 | 1:15,512 | 1,179 |
| Somalia | 9,411 | 1:1,429 | 140 |
| Libya | 5,961 | 1:1,047 | 262 |
| Lebanon | 4,960 | 1:1,137 | 203 |
| Ethiopia | 4,024 | 1:24,241 | 3,065 |
| Syria | 4,015 | 1:4,807 | 543 |
| Nigeria | 3,949 | 1:44,858 | 3,497 |
| Morocco | 3,749 | 1:9,196 | 1,252 |
| Pakistan | 3,181 | 1:56,160 | 2,205 |
| Afghanistan | 2,436 | 1:13,199 | 818 |
| Bahrain | 2,013 | 1:670 | 65 |
| Chad | 1,829 | 1:7,431 | 1,045 |
| Palestine | 1,646 | 1:2,764 | 595 |
| Kenya | 1,631 | 1:28,314 | 3,136 |
| Kuwait | 1,292 | 1:2,942 | 383 |
| United States | 1,166 | 1:310,857 | 28,493 |
| Jordan | 715 | 1:12,367 | 2,157 |
| United Arab Emirates | 706 | 1:12,978 | 1,605 |
| Somaliland | 631 | 1:5,547 | 442 |
| Malaysia | 499 | 1:59,107 | 4,477 |
| England | 462 | 1:120,602 | 12,205 |
| Sweden | 457 | 1:21,547 | 1,786 |
| Djibouti | 449 | 1:2,038 | 200 |
| Canada | 363 | 1:101,503 | 11,010 |
| India | 328 | 1:2,338,614 | 76,269 |
| Tunisia | 195 | 1:3,131 | 448 |
| France | 190 | 1:349,593 | 52,489 |
| Niger | 182 | 1:105,451 | 4,281 |
| Philippines | 169 | 1:599,043 | 65,173 |
| Qatar | 159 | 1:14,830 | 1,610 |
| Spain | 152 | 1:307,579 | 18,383 |
| Germany | 106 | 1:759,485 | 56,711 |
| Thailand | 85 | 1:831,039 | 133,417 |
| Oman | 61 | 1:60,459 | 2,805 |
| Netherlands | 54 | 1:312,725 | 36,782 |
| Australia | 52 | 1:519,148 | 39,018 |
| Denmark | 49 | 1:115,198 | 10,655 |
| Norway | 46 | 1:111,789 | 14,873 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| New Zealand | 33 | 1:137,222 | 16,302 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Finland | 27 | 1:203,582 | 17,121 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Austria | 22 | 1:387,065 | 40,442 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Màhdi (1) & Mähdi (1) are calculated separately.
Mahdi (1,786,704) may also be a first name.
Mahdi Demographics
Average Male Mahdi Height
173.27 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mahdi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahdi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahdi (Arabic: المهدى, Georgian: მაჰდი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻬﺪﻱ, Hindi: महदी, Marathi: महिद) occurs in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Màhdi or Mähdi. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahdi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 781st most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 10,709 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Mahdi are found; 65 percent are found in West Asia and 51 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 374th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 1,786,704 people.
The surname is most frequent in Iraq, where it is borne by 335,626 people, or 1 in 104. Without taking into account Iraq this surname exists in 103 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 12 percent live and Yemen, where 12 percent live.
Mahdi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya, Shiite (89%) in Lebanon and Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Mahdi surname are 5.9% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 59.13% registered with the political party.
The amount Mahdi earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 22.99% less than the national average, earning 266,523 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 27.36% less than the national average, earning R 172,620 per year; in United States they earn 2.65% less than the national average, earning $42,006 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $50,663 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahdi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahdi in the Georgian language | ||
| მაჰდი | mahdi | - |
| Mahdi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻬﺪﻱ | mhdy | - |
| Mahdi in the Hindi language | ||
| महदी | mahadi | 78.08 |
| मेहदी | mehadi | 6.85 |
| मेंहदी | menhadi | 6.16 |
| मेहंदी | mehandi | 2.05 |
| माहदी | mahadi | 0.68 |
| मह्दी | mahdi | 0.68 |
| Mahdi in the Marathi language | ||
| महिद | mahida | 25 |
| मेहदी | mehadi | 25 |
| माहदी | mahadi | 12.5 |
| महदी | mahadi | 12.5 |
| मदी | madi | 12.5 |
| मेहंदी | mehandi | 12.5 |
| Mahdi in the Arabic language | ||
| المهدى | almhdy | - |
| مهديّ | mhdy | - |
| مهيديه | mhydyh | - |
| مهديَّ | mhdya | - |
| مهدى | mhdy | - |
| المهدي | almhdy | - |
| مهدي | mhdy | - |
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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 Mahdi
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