Mehmoud Surname
Approximately 814 people bear this surname
Mehmoud Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 396 | 1:10,341 | 1,069 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Pakistan | 154 | 1:1,160,025 | 14,113 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Mehmoud (273) may also be a first name.
Mehmoud Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mehmoud Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mehmoud (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehmoud? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mehmoud is the 424,982nd most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,952,759 people. The last name Mehmoud is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Mehmoud live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Mehmoud is also the 537,992nd most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 273 people.
Mehmoud is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 396 people, or 1 in 10,341. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Assaba Region, where 26 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 16 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 24 percent reside and Pakistan, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mehmoud Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mehmoud in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ | mhmwd | 99.44 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺤﻤﻮﺩ | almhmwd | 0.56 |
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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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