Mullah Surname
Approximately 210,593 people bear this surname
Mullah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 172,838 | 1:186 | 22 |
| Iran | 24,358 | 1:3,152 | 406 |
| Bangladesh | 5,137 | 1:31,021 | 1,980 |
| India | 4,916 | 1:156,034 | 9,769 |
| Saudi Arabia | 954 | 1:32,344 | 4,580 |
| Pakistan | 427 | 1:418,370 | 7,762 |
| Lebanon | 421 | 1:13,390 | 1,873 |
| South Africa | 226 | 1:239,724 | 24,596 |
| Indonesia | 218 | 1:606,648 | 48,159 |
| Yemen | 212 | 1:124,648 | 6,780 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Iraq | 178 | 1:196,751 | 4,604 |
| Jordan | 76 | 1:116,348 | 7,555 |
| United States | 75 | 1:4,832,786 | 249,377 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| United Arab Emirates | 59 | 1:155,293 | 11,666 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Tanzania | 22 | 1:2,406,437 | 48,353 |
| Nepal | 22 | 1:1,294,589 | 6,753 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Palestine | 7 | 1:649,836 | 13,939 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mullah (38,267) may also be a first name.
Mullah Demographics
Average Mullah Salary in
United States
$47,599 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mullah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mullah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mullah (Hindi: मुल्लाह, Marathi: मुाह, Oriya: ମୁଲା) is most common in Afghanistan. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mullah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,640th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 34,605 people. The surname Mullah occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mullah reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Mullah is also the 23,057th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 38,267 people.
This surname is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 172,838 people, or 1 in 186. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Herat, where 12 percent live, Kandahar, where 9 percent live and Helmand, where 8 percent live. Barring Afghanistan this last name is found in 52 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 12 percent live and Bangladesh, where 2 percent live.
Mullah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mullah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mullah surname grew 7,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mullah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Mullah last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (79%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Mullah last name are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.73% being registered with the political party.
The amount Mullah earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 13.13% more than the national average, earning R 268,848 per year and in United States they earn 10.31% more than the national average, earning $47,599 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mullah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mullah in the Hindi language | ||
| मुल्लाह | mullaha | 96.21 |
| मुल्लह | mullaha | 1.56 |
| मूल्लाह | mullaha | 0.45 |
| मल्लाह | mallaha | 0.22 |
| मूल्लह | mullaha | 0.22 |
| मुल्ला | mulla | 0.22 |
| मुल्हा | mul'ha | 0.22 |
| मुल्लाह् | mullah | 0.22 |
| मुललाह | mulalaha | 0.22 |
| मुल्लाह़ | mullaha | 0.22 |
| Mullah in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁଲା | mula | 87.5 |
| ମୁଲାହ | mulaha | 12.5 |
| Mullah in the Marathi language | ||
| मुाह | muaha | 55.56 |
| मुलला | mulala | 39.93 |
| लाह | laha | 2.08 |
| मुाहान | muahana | 1.39 |
| उललत | ulalata | 0.35 |
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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 Mullah
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