Mughal Surname

3,945th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142,086 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Mughal Surname User-submission:

The surname Mughal is indicative of a person being from the family of Mughal emperors of India. The Mughal emperors ruled India from 1500s till 1857 when they were finally overthrown by the British.

Although the emperors themselves didn't have the surname 'Mughal', people claiming to be their descendants use it.

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Mughal Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan116,8301:1,529228
Saudi Arabia10,1361:3,044395
England3,3671:16,5482,400
United Arab Emirates3,3101:2,768349
India1,9671:389,96720,750
Afghanistan1,2291:26,1621,208
United States1,1301:320,76029,246
Oman1,1171:3,302487
Kuwait7911:4,805662
Canada4161:88,5719,779
Bahrain2791:4,834873
Qatar1841:12,8151,406
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Kenya1211:381,65221,791
Yemen1151:229,7858,996
Australia1061:254,67623,375
Spain831:563,27826,988
Norway801:64,2799,125
South Africa631:859,96456,669
Scotland561:95,6046,623
Belgium541:212,90127,429
Denmark471:120,10011,018
Netherlands461:367,11340,368
Sweden421:234,44716,276
Malaysia371:797,14136,924
Jordan321:276,32610,740
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Wales181:171,91811,581
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
China181:75,962,3094,162
Finland171:323,33523,349
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Libya91:693,7751,982
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
France81:8,302,840321,660
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Kyrgyzstan31:1,990,88579,765
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Malta11:430,2723,380
Macau11:601,6301,582
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
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The alternate forms: Mughâl (1) are calculated separately.

Mughal (7,425) may also be a first name.

Mughal Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Mughal is indicative of a person being from the family of Mughal emperors of India. The Mughal emperors ruled India from 1500s till 1857 when they were finally overthrown by the British.

Although the emperors themselves didn't have the surname 'Mughal', people claiming to be their descendants use it. Variants include Mirza and Baig, which are mostly used in one name with Mirza in the beginning and Baig in the end, for example, Mirza Baig, which also indicates that a person traces himself back to Mughals.

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Mughal Demographics

Average Mughal Salary in
United States

$48,267 USD

Per year
Rank:
457,145 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000257505
Rank: 34,457 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
111.86%
Sample size: 455 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Mughal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mughal (Bengali: মুঘল, Hindi: मुगल, Marathi: मुघल) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as: Mughâl. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mughal? popularity and diffusion

Mughal is the 3,945th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 51,290 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Mughal live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 74,648th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 7,425 people.

The surname is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 116,830 people, or 1 in 1,529. In Pakistan Mughal is most frequent in: Punjab, where 47 percent live, Sindh, where 34 percent live and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 9 percent live. Barring Pakistan this surname exists in 74 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Mughal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Mughal last name are 1.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.06% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Mughal earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.25% less than the national average, earning 303,671 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 112.2% more than the national average, earning R 504,264 per year; in United States they earn 11.86% more than the national average, earning $48,267 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.74% more than the national average, earning $53,030 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mughâl941/
Moughal92738/
Mughale9232/
Mughall9230/
Maughal9229/
Muhghal9218/
Mughail929/
Muughal927/
Mujghal926/
Mughjal926/
Munghal923/
Mugahal923/
Mughgal923/
Mukghal922/
Muighal922/
Mughasl922/
Mmughal922/
Mughaal922/
Mughaul922/
Musghal921/
Mughahl921/
Mugghal921/
Mughhal921/
Mughald921/
Mugal9112,746/
Mughasil861/
Mungal835,572/
Mugale834,900/
Moghal833,520/
Muhgal83170/
Mughol8349/
Maugal8339/
Mougal8332/
Mhugal8331/
Mighal8323/
Mugahl8323/
Mugaal835/
Mugail835/
Muggal833/
Mugall833/
Mugjal832/
Mugaul832/
Musgal832/
Muigal831/
Mughaisel805/
Mungall77660/
Mighall77261/
Maugale7748/
Mughole7723/
Muggale7718/
Munghol7717/
Mouggal779/
Mougale778/
Moungal777/
Mighail776/
Munggal775/
Moghail774/
Muggall774/
Muncgal773/
Mugalle772/
Munngal772/
Mooghal772/
Mhungal771/
Moghaul771/
Moghall771/
Mungail771/
Musgale771/
Mugaule771/
Moughol771/
Mougall771/
Muingal771/
Maungal771/
Mogal7325,690/
Migal732,290/
Mugol73466/
Mugalova7147/
Moughoul711/
Mugole671,261/
Mungol6751/
Muggol6723/
Mogall6722/
Moogal6718/
Moghol679/
Mogalh676/
Moggal675/
Migail673/
Migall671/
Miegal671/
Mmogal671/
Mukgol671/
Mhogal671/
Miggal671/
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Mughal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mughal in the Bengali language
মুঘলmughala-
Mughal in the Marathi language
मुघलmughala77.84
मुगलmugala8.38
मूघळmughala3.59
मुघालmughala2.4
मोगलmogala2.4
मूगलmugala1.2
मूघलmughala1.2
मुघळmughala0.6
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Mughal in the Hindi language
मुगलmugala66.67
मुग़ल़mugala33.33

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mughal
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