Moslem Surname
Approximately 30,170 people bear this surname
Moslem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 25,352 | 1:3,029 | 391 |
| Egypt | 2,471 | 1:37,206 | 3,868 |
| Bangladesh | 1,352 | 1:117,867 | 4,824 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Algeria | 225 | 1:171,696 | 21,390 |
| India | 122 | 1:6,287,421 | 144,905 |
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| Philippines | 47 | 1:2,154,005 | 122,929 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Tunisia | 10 | 1:61,063 | 7,682 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
Moslem (130,860) may also be a first name.
Moslem Demographics
Moslem Political Affiliation
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Moslem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moslem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moslem (Marathi: लेम, Russian: Мослем) occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Moslem.
How Common Is The Last Name Moslem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 18,280th most numerous last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 241,549 people. Moslem occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Moslem live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Moslem is also the 7,967th most frequent first name globally It is held by 130,860 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 25,352 people, or 1 in 3,029. In Iran Moslem is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 18 percent are found, Mazandaran Province, where 10 percent are found and East Azerbaijan Province, where 7 percent are found. Beside Iran this last name is found in 39 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 8 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 4 percent are found.
Moslem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Moslem last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Moslem earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.25% more than the national average, earning $56,633 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moslem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moslem in the Marathi language | ||
| लेम | lema | - |
| Moslem in the Russian language | ||
| Мослем | moslem | - |
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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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- 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 Moslem
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