Mohamud Surname

2,585th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215,131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Mohamud Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mohamud Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia126,2141:10716
Kenya62,8891:734112
Ethiopia15,6151:6,247985
Sudan2,8001:13,3961,853
United States1,2461:290,89826,994
Sweden9871:9,976881
Saudi Arabia6761:45,6456,666
Egypt6411:143,42611,189
England6381:87,3329,508
Somaliland5051:6,931496
Djibouti4991:1,834185
Canada4811:76,6028,623
Tanzania3001:176,47215,403
Nigeria2541:697,41232,206
Denmark2021:27,9442,891
Norway1651:31,1654,308
Australia1131:238,90022,291
India1121:6,848,798152,966
Finland1111:49,5205,996
Netherlands971:174,09525,153
Malaysia961:307,23216,754
Qatar691:34,1743,607
Mauritius641:20,2104,215
Uganda341:1,148,21447,064
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Philippines291:3,490,973149,374
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Argentina271:1,583,08986,049
South Sudan251:456,603797
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
United Arab Emirates161:572,64223,583
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
China61:227,886,92811,701
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malta11:430,2723,380
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
France11:66,422,722504,397
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Mohamud (98,285) may also be a first name.

Mohamud Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mohamud Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mohamud (Hindi: मोहमूद, Marathi: महमूद, Oriya: ମହମୁଦ, Tibetan: མཱ་ཧཱ་མད་) is most common in Somalia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mohamud? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mohamud is the 2,585th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 33,875 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mohamud live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Mohamud is also the 10,358th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 98,285 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Somalia, where it is held by 126,214 people, or 1 in 107. Barring Somalia Mohamud occurs in 63 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 29 percent live and Ethiopia, where 7 percent live.

Mohamud Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Mohamud surname is primarily Muslim (96%) in Kenya.

In The United States Mohamud are 1.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.29% being registered with the party.

The amount Mohamud earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 60.57% less than the national average, earning €11,840 per year; in Norway they earn 24.69% less than the national average, earning 260,632 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 56.41% less than the national average, earning R 103,596 per year; in United States they earn 39.81% less than the national average, earning $25,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.36% less than the national average, earning $36,585 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mohamud Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mohamud in the Hindi language
मोहमूदmohamuda75
मोहमुदmohamuda25
Mohamud in the Oriya language
ମହମୁଦmahamuda66.67
େମହମୁଦ୍emahamud33.33
Mohamud in the Tibetan language
མཱ་ཧཱ་མད་mahamé50
མཱ་ཧཱ་མུད་mahamü25
མཱོ་ཧཱ་མད་mahamé25
Mohamud in the Marathi language
महमूदmahamuda25
मोहमूदmohamuda18.75
महामुदmahamuda18.75
मोहमुदmohamuda12.5
मेहमुदmehamuda12.5
महमुदmahamuda6.25
महंमदmahammada6.25

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