Muslimu Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Muslimu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muslimu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2471:717,17732,914
Tanzania1341:395,08728,090
Indonesia301:4,408,306217,989
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Muslimu (832) may also be a first name.

Muslimu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muslimu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muslimu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 703,644th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. The last name Muslimu is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Muslimu live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Muslimu is also the 283,108th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 832 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 247 people, or 1 in 717,177. In Nigeria Muslimu is mostly found in: Osun, where 27 percent reside, Sokoto, where 17 percent reside and Zamfara, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 32 percent reside and Indonesia, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muslimut936/
Muslimus931/
Mulimu92157/
Mouslimou8829/
Mulimuh86824/
Mulaimu8652/
Muslumu864/
Moslimu861/
Musllumu801/
Mulemu77317/
Molimu771/
Muleemu712/
Mollimu711/
Müslümü571/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Muslimu
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