Murdad Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Murdad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murdad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan531:606,6647,075
India131:59,005,029552,550
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Murdad (36) may also be a first name.

Murdad Last Name Facts

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

Murdad (Hindi: मुर्दद) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murdad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,121,169th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Murdad live; 87 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,717,090th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 36 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 606,664. In Afghanistan Murdad is most numerous in: Kabul, where 26 percent are found, Badakhshan, where 17 percent are found and Kandahar, where 15 percent are found. Besides Afghanistan it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mourdad9217/
Murda91917/
Murdaudh861/
Mirdad8314,311/
Murdas832,247/
Murday831,399/
Mordad83228/
Murdah8379/
Murdha8367/
Murzda8335/
Mourda8314/
Murdai839/
Murdaz832/
Murdau831/
Murdga831/
Muirda831/
Murdod831/
Murtda831/
Murdda831/
Murdach77135/
Murdaap7773/
Mirdaud7767/
Murdaah7730/
Murdaha7714/
Murdaip775/
Murtdha773/
Murdiea773/
Murdash773/
Mourrda771/
Mourdaa771/
Murdood771/
Mourdas771/
Maurday771/
Mourdai771/
Murdatt770/
Morda731,135/
Murdo73244/
Murdà731/
Murddaha711/
Murdauch711/
Mordhead711/
Mirdat67235/
Mortda67184/
Mordağ6787/
Murdey6785/
Mordau6753/
Mordha6739/
Mordaa6721/
Mirdod6719/
Mordai674/
Morday674/
Mordat673/
Murdos673/
Mordea672/
Murdoh672/
Mourdo671/
Murzdo671/
Murdot671/
Mórdha671/
Murdeu671/

Murdad Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murdad in the Hindi language
मुर्ददmurdada-

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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 Murdad
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