Mowd Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Mowd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mowd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania61:682,47721,744
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Mowd Last Name Facts

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

Mowd (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺩ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mowd? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Mowd reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

It is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Assaba Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 13 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moewd894/
Mowds893/
Moowd891/
Mouwd891/
Mewd7530/
Mawd7510/
Mowt754/
Mofd751/
Mawdd67122/
Mophd6715/
Mohfd675/
Mowth674/
Mawwd674/
Maawd673/
Mauwd671/
Hmeewd601/
Moffdt601/
Movehed553/
Mawt5010/
Mafd503/
Mufd501/

Mowd Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mowd in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻮﺩmwd-

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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
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  • 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 Mowd
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