Mohamed Surname
Approximately 12,136,699 people bear this surname
Mohamed Surname User-submission:
The name Mohamed is an Arabic name. In Arabic the meaning of the name Mohamed is: Variant used for Mohammad - founder of Islamic religion. praiseworthy; glorified.
Mohamed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 3,408,555 | 1:27 | 1 |
| Iraq | 1,751,592 | 1:20 | 1 |
| Sudan | 1,198,129 | 1:31 | 3 |
| Yemen | 1,115,241 | 1:24 | 1 |
| Syria | 1,027,127 | 1:19 | 2 |
| Somalia | 829,872 | 1:16 | 3 |
| Kenya | 496,642 | 1:93 | 2 |
| Tanzania | 343,980 | 1:154 | 6 |
| Ethiopia | 320,027 | 1:305 | 37 |
| Saudi Arabia | 194,420 | 1:159 | 6 |
| Sri Lanka | 173,370 | 1:120 | 7 |
| Somaliland | 158,652 | 1:22 | 2 |
| Libya | 137,522 | 1:45 | 3 |
| Eritrea | 99,651 | 1:48 | 8 |
| United Arab Emirates | 66,851 | 1:137 | 9 |
| Niger | 63,939 | 1:300 | 55 |
| Mauritania | 61,931 | 1:66 | 7 |
| Djibouti | 60,092 | 1:15 | 1 |
| Jordan | 53,816 | 1:164 | 6 |
| Comoros | 51,848 | 1:14 | 1 |
| Morocco | 49,177 | 1:701 | 15 |
| Malaysia | 45,024 | 1:655 | 82 |
| Kuwait | 42,741 | 1:89 | 5 |
| India | 37,074 | 1:20,690 | 1,600 |
| Nigeria | 36,006 | 1:4,920 | 652 |
| Maldives | 27,622 | 1:15 | 1 |
| Mali | 22,974 | 1:739 | 98 |
| Spain | 20,254 | 1:2,308 | 275 |
| South Sudan | 18,495 | 1:617 | 126 |
| United States | 17,056 | 1:21,251 | 2,688 |
| Algeria | 14,612 | 1:2,644 | 328 |
| Lebanon | 14,572 | 1:387 | 45 |
| Qatar | 12,662 | 1:186 | 5 |
| Bahrain | 12,151 | 1:111 | 7 |
| South Africa | 11,827 | 1:4,581 | 583 |
| Burundi | 10,967 | 1:894 | 246 |
| England | 10,223 | 1:5,450 | 765 |
| Burkina Faso | 9,535 | 1:1,925 | 276 |
| Madagascar | 8,925 | 1:2,650 | 543 |
| Palestine | 8,702 | 1:523 | 47 |
| Oman | 8,345 | 1:442 | 51 |
| Mozambique | 7,416 | 1:3,676 | 846 |
| Benin | 6,436 | 1:1,606 | 201 |
| Angola | 6,113 | 1:4,415 | 642 |
| Canada | 5,583 | 1:6,600 | 970 |
| Rwanda | 4,651 | 1:2,444 | 586 |
| Sweden | 4,530 | 1:2,174 | 203 |
| Guyana | 4,328 | 1:176 | 9 |
| Cameroon | 3,594 | 1:5,779 | 703 |
| France | 3,240 | 1:20,501 | 2,366 |
| Togo | 2,730 | 1:2,655 | 355 |
| Ghana | 2,563 | 1:10,543 | 1,407 |
| Bangladesh | 2,523 | 1:63,162 | 3,192 |
| Chad | 2,503 | 1:5,430 | 817 |
| Australia | 1,982 | 1:13,620 | 1,952 |
| Thailand | 1,865 | 1:37,876 | 4,067 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,600 | 1:852 | 118 |
| Tunisia | 1,588 | 1:385 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,564 | 1:14,751 | 1,174 |
| Brunei | 1,213 | 1:345 | 59 |
| Germany | 1,187 | 1:67,823 | 8,674 |
| DR Congo | 1,136 | 1:65,035 | 7,666 |
| Pakistan | 1,079 | 1:165,564 | 4,324 |
| Greece | 1,030 | 1:10,757 | 1,402 |
| Belgium | 980 | 1:11,731 | 1,740 |
| Netherlands | 890 | 1:18,974 | 2,961 |
| Argentina | 848 | 1:50,405 | 4,261 |
| Gabon | 808 | 1:2,338 | 404 |
| Denmark | 765 | 1:7,379 | 670 |
| Hong Kong | 717 | 1:10,231 | 318 |
| Norway | 686 | 1:7,496 | 778 |
| Italy | 654 | 1:93,512 | 16,104 |
| Liberia | 515 | 1:8,560 | 979 |
| Austria | 475 | 1:17,927 | 2,750 |
| Uganda | 433 | 1:90,160 | 9,355 |
| Mauritius | 431 | 1:3,001 | 533 |
| Suriname | 428 | 1:1,291 | 110 |
| Wales | 319 | 1:9,701 | 1,071 |
| Venezuela | 293 | 1:103,086 | 3,736 |
| Finland | 276 | 1:19,916 | 2,820 |
| Ireland | 262 | 1:17,973 | 1,938 |
| Fiji | 251 | 1:3,563 | 644 |
| New Zealand | 233 | 1:19,435 | 3,414 |
| Singapore | 227 | 1:24,263 | 950 |
| Switzerland | 207 | 1:39,676 | 5,644 |
| Japan | 200 | 1:639,221 | 16,310 |
| Brazil | 193 | 1:1,109,193 | 38,758 |
| Scotland | 186 | 1:28,784 | 3,020 |
| Zimbabwe | 177 | 1:87,222 | 12,639 |
| Russia | 169 | 1:852,799 | 68,843 |
| Bulgaria | 157 | 1:44,452 | 3,185 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| New Caledonia | 140 | 1:1,973 | 166 |
| Congo | 132 | 1:37,796 | 3,591 |
| China | 129 | 1:10,599,392 | 660 |
| Guinea | 128 | 1:92,452 | 830 |
| Mexico | 102 | 1:1,216,924 | 14,589 |
| Indonesia | 93 | 1:1,422,034 | 96,891 |
| Namibia | 88 | 1:27,380 | 4,297 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Romania | 69 | 1:290,984 | 26,482 |
| Hungary | 65 | 1:151,020 | 13,594 |
| Aruba | 60 | 1:1,725 | 246 |
| Barbados | 59 | 1:4,872 | 578 |
| Poland | 54 | 1:703,866 | 59,770 |
| Philippines | 53 | 1:1,910,155 | 116,778 |
| Czechia | 48 | 1:221,531 | 31,190 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Iceland | 43 | 1:8,839 | 883 |
| Turkmenistan | 37 | 1:148,354 | 3,025 |
| Sierra Leone | 36 | 1:196,934 | 344 |
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| Senegal | 33 | 1:441,798 | 2,028 |
| Ecuador | 30 | 1:530,195 | 11,121 |
| Jamaica | 30 | 1:95,665 | 4,064 |
| Turkey | 30 | 1:2,594,047 | 79,854 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Northern Ireland | 23 | 1:80,219 | 5,468 |
| Chile | 23 | 1:765,934 | 16,989 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Belarus | 19 | 1:500,056 | 46,922 |
| Nicaragua | 19 | 1:316,899 | 3,057 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| Gambia | 16 | 1:120,216 | 304 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1:281,907 | 28,677 |
| Cyprus | 15 | 1:58,992 | 5,768 |
| Cuba | 14 | 1:823,051 | 6,140 |
| Saint Lucia | 14 | 1:12,770 | 1,181 |
| South Korea | 14 | 1:3,660,018 | 674 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 12 | 1:9,198 | 1,357 |
| American Samoa | 11 | 1:5,069 | 1,123 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Cambodia | 6 | 1:2,581,191 | 8,069 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6 | 1:9,200 | 695 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tuvalu | 4 | 1:2,797 | 36 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Mohàmed (4), Möhamed (1) & Mòhãmed (1) are calculated separately.
Mohamed (24,517,684) may also be a first name.
Mohamed Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Mohamed is an Arabic name. In Arabic the meaning of the name Mohamed is: Variant used for Mohammad - founder of Islamic religion. praiseworthy; glorified.
- David Ortiz De La TorreThis name and surnames means 'the most praised one', also the name of a prophet in Islam.
- jclunnMohamed Demographics
Mohamed Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Mohamed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mohamed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mohamed (Arabic: لمحمد, Bengali: মোহাম্মদ, Dhivehi: މުޙައްމަދ, Georgian: მოჰამედ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻤﺪ, Hindi: मोहमेद, Marathi: मोहमद, Oriya: ମହ) is most common in Egypt. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Mohàmed, Möhamed or Mòhãmed. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mohamed? popularity and diffusion
Mohamed is the 41st most common family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 600 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Mohamed reside; 40 percent reside in North Africa and 39 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 6th most frequently used forename globally, held by 24,517,684 people.
Mohamed is the most frequently held surname in 6 countries: Egypt, where 28 percent are found, Iraq, where 14 percent are found, Yemen, where 9 percent are found, Djibouti, where 0.5 percent are found, Comoros, where 0.43 percent are found and The Maldives, where 0.23 percent are found. The surname is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 3,408,555 people, or 1 in 27. Apart from Egypt this surname occurs in 196 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 14 percent are found and Sudan, where 10 percent are found.
Mohamed Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mohamed has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mohamed surname grew 1,705,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mohamed Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mohamed surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (91%) in Kenya, Sunni (63%) in Lebanon and Muslim (89%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Mohamed last name are 9.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.69% registered with the party.
The amount Mohamed earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 70.61% less than the national average, earning €8,825 per year; in Norway they earn 23.97% less than the national average, earning 263,112 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 19.8% more than the national average, earning R 284,700 per year; in Colombia they earn 59.85% more than the national average, earning $36,289,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.36% less than the national average, earning $38,679 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.01% less than the national average, earning $43,715 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mohamed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed in the Georgian language | ||
| მოჰამედ | mohamed | - |
| Mohamed in the Bengali language | ||
| মোহাম্মদ | moham'mada | - |
| Mohamed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪ | mhmd | 99.74 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻋﺒﺪ | mhmdbd | 0.03 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ | mhmwd | 0.03 |
| ﺍﻣﺤﻤﺪ | amhmd | 0.03 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻭ | mhmdw | 0.03 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺳﺎﻟﻢ | mhmdsalm | 0.01 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻓﺎﻝ | mhmdfal | 0.01 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻥ | mhmdn | 0.01 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍﻻﻣﻴﻦ | mhmdalamyn | 0.01 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍﻷﻣﻴﻦ | mhmdalamyn | 0.01 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ | almkhtar | 0 |
| ﺳﻴﺪﺍﺣﻤﺪ | sydahmd | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺬ | mhmdh | 0 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ | alkhyr | 0 |
| ﺍﻧﺘﺎﺑﻪ | antabh | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍﺣﻴﺪ | mhmdahyd | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍﻟﻬﺎﺩﻯ | mhmdalhady | 0 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺤﻤﺪ | almhmd | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﺪﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ | mhdmhmwd | 0 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﺸﻴﺮ | albshyr | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺗﻘﻲ | mhmdtqy | 0 |
| ﺍﻣﺤﻴﻤﻴﺪ | amhymyd | 0 |
| ﻣﻮﻻﻱ | mwlay | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍﻟﻤﻬﺪﻱ | mhmdalmhdy | 0 |
| ﺍﻟﻄﺎﻟﺐ | altalb | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍﻟﺰﻳﻦ | mhmdalzyn | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻣﺤﻔﻮﻅ | mhmdmhfwz | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﻤﺪ | mhmmd | 0 |
| ﯨﻤﺤﻤﺪ | ymhmd | 0 |
| ﻣﻮﻟﻮﺩ | mwlwd | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍﻟﻤﻬﺪﻯ | mhmdalmhdy | 0 |
| ﺑﺎﻟﺨﻴﺮ | balkhyr | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍﻻ | mhmdala | 0 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﺎﺭﻙ | ambark | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺬﻥ | mhmdhn | 0 |
| ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ | alrhmn | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻋﺎﻝ | mhmdal | 0 |
| ﺍﻻﻣﻴﻦ | alamyn | 0 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺪﻱ | mamdy | 0 |
| ﻣﺨﻤﺪ | mkhmd | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻳﺤﻲ | mhmdyhy | 0 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺪﻭ | ahmdw | 0 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ | alshykh | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻋﺎﻟﻲ | mhmdaly | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻯ | mhmdy | 0 |
| ﻣﻤﺤﻤﺪ | mmhmd | 0 |
| ﺳﻴﺪﻣﺤﻤﺪ | sydmhmd | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ | mhmdmhmwd | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍﺣﻤﺪ | mhmdahmd | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻟﻤﻴﻦ | mhmdlmyn | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻓﺎﺿﻞ | mhmdfadl | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻱ | mhmdy | 0 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪﺍ | mhmda | 0 |
| ﺃﻣﺤﻤﺪ | amhmd | 0 |
| Mohamed in the Dhivehi language | ||
| މުޙައްމަދ | muhamad | 65.63 |
| ްމުޙައްމަދު | muhamadu | 14.08 |
| ުމުޙައްމަދު | umuhamadu | 10.98 |
| ީމުޙައްމަދު | imuhamadu | 4.53 |
| ާމުޙައްމަދު | amuhamadu | 2.86 |
| މުޙައްމަދު | muhamadu | 1.19 |
| ުމުހައްމަދު | umuhamadu | 0.48 |
| މުޙައްމަދު | muhamadu | 0.24 |
| Mohamed in the Marathi language | ||
| मोहमद | mohamada | 59.17 |
| मोहमेद | mohameda | 12.72 |
| महमद | mahamada | 10.06 |
| महंमद | mahammada | 3.55 |
| मोहमेड | mohameda | 2.96 |
| मोहमंद | mohamanda | 1.48 |
| मोहम | mohama | 1.18 |
| मोहंमद | mohammada | 1.18 |
| मोहामेद | mohameda | 0.89 |
| मंहमद | manhamada | 0.59 |
| मोहामेड | mohameda | 0.59 |
| महमंद | mahamanda | 0.59 |
| हमीद | hamida | 0.59 |
| मुहमद | muhamada | 0.59 |
| महामेद | mahameda | 0.3 |
| मोअमद | mo'amada | 0.3 |
| मेहमूद | mehamuda | 0.3 |
| मोहमे | mohame | 0.3 |
| मौहमद | mauhamada | 0.3 |
| Mohamed in the Oriya language | ||
| ମହ | maha | 46.88 |
| ମହମଦ | mahamada | 25 |
| ମହମଦ୍ | mahamad | 6.25 |
| ଖଁା | khama | 6.25 |
| ମହମ୍ଦ୍ | mahamd | 3.13 |
| ମହଦ୍ | mahad | 3.13 |
| ମହମାଦ | mahamada | 3.13 |
| ଅେହମଦ | aehamada | 3.13 |
| ମହମ | mahama | 3.13 |
| Mohamed in the Hindi language | ||
| मोहमेद | mohameda | 41.94 |
| मोहम्मद | moham'mada | 35.48 |
| मौहम्मद | mauham'mada | 16.13 |
| मुहम्मद | muham'mada | 3.23 |
| मोहामेद | mohameda | 3.23 |
| Mohamed in the Arabic language | ||
| لمحمد | lmhmd | - |
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