Mahmoudi Surname
Approximately 288,065 people bear this surname
Mahmoudi Surname User-submission:
Mahmoudi (محمودی) is an Iranian surname, which comes from the name Mahmoud and the suffix -i, which means 'being of', 'from', or 'related to'. It indicates patrimonial descent from a man named Mahmoud.
Mahmoudi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 239,644 | 1:320 | 21 |
| Algeria | 33,300 | 1:1,160 | 75 |
| Morocco | 10,394 | 1:3,317 | 300 |
| United States | 543 | 1:667,512 | 53,277 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| France | 459 | 1:144,712 | 22,362 |
| Mauritania | 407 | 1:10,061 | 1,039 |
| Tunisia | 314 | 1:1,945 | 215 |
| United Arab Emirates | 312 | 1:29,366 | 3,217 |
| Spain | 210 | 1:222,629 | 14,806 |
| Sweden | 184 | 1:53,515 | 4,137 |
| Canada | 179 | 1:205,841 | 20,025 |
| Kuwait | 135 | 1:28,153 | 3,584 |
| Germany | 126 | 1:638,932 | 50,304 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| Belgium | 92 | 1:124,964 | 18,228 |
| Australia | 77 | 1:350,594 | 29,558 |
| Qatar | 75 | 1:31,440 | 3,355 |
| Lebanon | 74 | 1:76,177 | 5,224 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Thailand | 56 | 1:1,261,399 | 181,528 |
| Netherlands | 50 | 1:337,744 | 38,500 |
| Libya | 49 | 1:127,428 | 674 |
| Denmark | 30 | 1:188,157 | 15,676 |
| Finland | 17 | 1:323,335 | 23,349 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Yemen | 15 | 1:1,761,686 | 12,726 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Syria | 12 | 1:1,608,418 | 8,291 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Mahmoudi (8,204) may also be a first name.
Mahmoudi Surname Meaning
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Mahmoudi (محمودی) is an Iranian surname, which comes from the name Mahmoud and the suffix -i, which means 'being of', 'from', or 'related to'. It indicates patrimonial descent from a man named Mahmoud.
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Mahmoudi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahmoudi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahmoudi (Arabic: محمودى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩﻱ) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mahmoudi.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahmoudi? popularity and diffusion
Mahmoudi is the 1,905th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,298 people. The surname Mahmoudi is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Mahmoudi reside; 83 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Mahmoudi is also the 69,912th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 8,204 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Iran, where it is carried by 239,644 people, or 1 in 320. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 14 percent reside, West Azerbaijan Province, where 8 percent reside and Kerman Province, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this last name is found in 72 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 12 percent reside and Morocco, where 4 percent reside.
Mahmoudi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Shiite (98%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Mahmoudi are 9.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.83% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mahmoudi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.35% less than the national average, earning 313,713 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.4% more than the national average, earning R 347,904 per year; in United States they earn 32.88% more than the national average, earning $57,335 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.7% more than the national average, earning $50,029 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahmoudi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoudi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩﻱ | mhmwdy | 89.83 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩﻯ | mhmwdy | 7.91 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩﻩ | mhmwdh | 0.56 |
| Mahmoudi in the Arabic language | ||
| محمودى | mhmwdy | - |
| محمودي | mhmwdy | - |
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