Muslims Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Muslims Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muslims Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran291:2,647,67384,414
Afghanistan281:1,148,32810,363
India91:85,229,487684,495
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973

Muslims (47) may also be a first name.

Muslims Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muslims (Hindi: मुस्लिमस्, Russian: Муслимс) is found most in Iran. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Muslims.

How Common Is The Last Name Muslims? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,255,512th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Muslims live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 80 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Muslims is also the 1,467,136th most numerous forename internationally. It is borne by 47 people.

The surname Muslims is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 2,647,673. In Iran Muslims is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 69 percent are found, Markazi Province, where 28 percent are found and East Azerbaijan Province, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Iran this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 39 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muslimsp9322/
Mulims921/
Mullims8613/
Mulheims804/
Mulins7777/
Mullins71107,552/
Moulins71707/
Maulins7115/
Meulins7114/
Moslems717/
Mullems711/
Mulions711/
Mullimx711/
Meulems711/
Muclins710/
Mutlins710/
Mülheims67102/
Mullions6716/
Mulliens6715/
Muillins676/
Mullinns671/
Moullins671/
Maullins671/
Mulllins670/

Muslims Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Muslims in the Hindi language
मुस्लिमस्muslimas50
मुस्लिमसmuslimasa50
Muslims in the Russian language
Муслимсmuslims-

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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 Muslims
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