Mahsoom Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Mahsoom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 27 | 1:1,190,859 | 10,584 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 1:7,145,755 | 40,003 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Mahsoom (437) may also be a first name.
Mahsoom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahsoom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahsoom (Hindi: महसूम) is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mahsoom.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahsoom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,237,939th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Mahsoom live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Mahsoom is also the 410,164th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 437 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 1,190,859. In Afghanistan Mahsoom is primarily found in: Kabul, where 41 percent live, Kandahar, where 11 percent live and Faryab, where 7 percent live. Barring Afghanistan this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 35 percent live and Qatar, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahsoom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahsoom in the Hindi language | ||
| महसूम | mahasuma | 88.89 |
| माहसूम | mahasuma | 11.11 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mahsoom
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