Muslum Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Muslum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muslum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Müslüm (284) are calculated separately.

Muslum (439) may also be a first name.

Muslum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muslum (Georgian: მუსლუმ, Hindi: मुसलुम) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Müslüm. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muslum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Muslum is mostly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Muslum live; 35 percent live in West Africa and 30 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 409,203rd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 439 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Gombe, where 71 percent live, Bauchi, where 14 percent live and Borno, where 14 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Azerbaijan, where 17 percent live and Russia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muslium9216/
Mulum9143/
Müslüm89284/
Mulume837,431/
Muslun83151/
Mislum8357/
Mutlum8349/
Mullum8334/
Moulum837/
Mulumn834/
Moslum834/
Muhlum831/
Muluim831/
Maulum831/
Muslom831/
Mgulum831/
Muslumova8047/
Mouloum7772/
Musloom773/
Muzloum771/
Mahulum771/
Meuloum771/
Mulhume771/
Muslyumova75128/
Musliumova751/
Mulom73349/
Mulun7359/
Molum7349/
Mislahum7116/
Mulhuime711/
Moulhoum711/
Mouloume711/
Moulloum711/
Moulgoum711/
Mulung67313/
Moulun67234/
Mühlum67128/
Mulund67100/
Maulom6780/
Mizlum6767/
Mulyun6732/
Mollum6723/
Moulom6715/
Mullom6714/
Muloun6712/
Maulun6711/
Mullun677/
Mulaun677/
Moloum676/
Mulune674/
Moslom673/
Müslumova672/
Mulunh672/
Mulhun671/
Meulun671/
Moleum671/
Molium671/
Muloùm671/
Muylun671/
Mulgun670/

Muslum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Muslum in the Georgian language
მუსლუმmuslum-
Muslum in the Hindi language
मुसलुमmusaluma-

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Footnotes

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