Musulim Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Musulim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musulim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
India101:76,706,538639,611
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Musulim (40) may also be a first name.

Musulim Last Name Facts

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

The last name Musulim (Oriya: ମୁସୁଲିମ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Musulim? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Musulim reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most widespread forename world-wide, held by 40 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Musulim is most prevalent in: Gombe, where 44 percent are found, Zamfara, where 28 percent are found and Kano, where 6 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Musulim occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mussulim938/
Musulin861,521/
Musolim8631/
Musulem861/
Musulimova8216/
Mussulin8078/
Mussolim8055/
Mushilim8025/
Mousolim801/
Mussilim801/
Musuleem801/
Musulienė75111/
Musolin71226/
Musulen7140/
Mosulin7119/
Muzulin719/
Musulyn712/
Musulén712/
Musulinova711/
Mussolin67631/
Musholin67105/
Musollin6746/
Muzzulin6728/
Mossulin6724/
Mossolim6714/
Mishilim672/
Mousolin672/
Mizulaim671/
Musulenk671/
Mushollin6354/
Mossullin631/
Mussollin631/
Meussulng631/
Mosulen5734/
Mosolin5727/
Musolyn576/
Musolen571/
Mosulén571/
Mossolin53135/
Muzzolin5323/
Mossolem532/
Mossollin501/

Musulim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Musulim in the Oriya language
ମୁସୁଲିମmusulima88.89
ମୁଶୁଲୀମmusulima11.11

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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 Musulim
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