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
The surname Mehmoud (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehmoud? popularity and diffusion
Mehmoud is the 424,982nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,952,759 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Mehmoud reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Mehmoud is also the 537,992nd most commonly held given name worldwide, held by 273 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 10,341. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 26 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 16 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 24 percent live and Pakistan, where 19 percent live.
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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