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Muhammad Surname

101st Most Commonsurname in the World

Approximately 5,854,495 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in: PakistanHighest density in: Pakistan

Muhammad Surname User-submission:

This name and surnames means 'the most praised one', also the name of a prophet in Islam.

Muhammad Surname Distribution Map

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• 2014

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Pakistan	3,486,682	1:51	6
Nigeria	1,720,605	1:103	10
Afghanistan	355,578	1:90	10
India	59,296	1:12,936	1,064
Indonesia	49,298	1:2,683	321
Egypt	36,335	1:2,530	341
Bangladesh	23,521	1:6,775	609
United States	20,945	1:17,305	2,188
Saudi Arabia	20,790	1:1,484	153
Sudan	11,480	1:3,267	456
United Arab Emirates	9,354	1:980	110
Mozambique	8,034	1:3,393	791
Malaysia	6,193	1:4,763	666
South Africa	3,590	1:15,091	1,902
Spain	3,238	1:14,439	1,653
Philippines	2,999	1:33,757	5,063
Malawi	2,980	1:5,745	815
England	2,760	1:20,188	2,858
Qatar	2,605	1:905	55
Sri Lanka	2,558	1:8,135	1,187
Greece	2,552	1:4,342	429
Ghana	1,801	1:15,003	1,939
Kuwait	1,639	1:2,319	287
Israel	1,577	1:5,427	809
Oman	1,425	1:2,588	386
Ethiopia	1,288	1:75,735	7,282
Canada	1,225	1:30,078	3,927
Thailand	1,162	1:60,790	7,560
Tanzania	1,049	1:50,469	5,610
Bahrain	1,043	1:1,293	171
France	744	1:89,278	12,815
Iraq	734	1:47,713	1,935
Kenya	712	1:64,859	6,251
Syria	672	1:28,722	1,887
Uganda	634	1:61,576	7,098
Somalia	539	1:24,957	1,368
Chad	481	1:28,258	3,335
Singapore	462	1:11,921	579
Brunei	446	1:939	182
Australia	415	1:65,050	7,790
Russia	379	1:380,272	37,088
Ecuador	331	1:48,054	4,640
Iran	318	1:241,454	18,445
Italy	317	1:192,923	28,142
Brazil	296	1:723,224	26,468
Trinidad and Tobago	281	1:4,854	788
Sweden	245	1:40,191	3,202
Hong Kong	225	1:32,602	571
Belgium	214	1:53,723	8,755
Germany	212	1:379,743	35,740
Uzbekistan	180	1:171,829	7,213
Dominican Republic	146	1:71,458	3,346
Scotland	133	1:40,254	3,781
Tajikistan	127	1:66,037	1,455
Denmark	113	1:49,953	5,158
Japan	98	1:1,304,534	22,820
China	93	1:14,702,382	862
Norway	84	1:61,218	8,720
Ireland	74	1:63,634	4,162
Guyana	74	1:10,300	1,534
Kazakhstan	69	1:256,268	22,420
Cameroon	66	1:314,683	29,051
Finland	57	1:96,433	9,934
Jamaica	57	1:50,350	2,926
Portugal	57	1:182,776	7,697
Libya	49	1:127,428	674
DR Congo	48	1:1,539,158	86,567
Netherlands	44	1:383,799	41,363
Mauritius	38	1:34,037	6,811
Cambodia	37	1:418,572	3,946
Switzerland	36	1:228,137	19,301
Wales	35	1:88,415	7,250
Austria	33	1:258,043	30,255
Nepal	30	1:949,365	5,886
Bermuda	29	1:2,251	365
Chile	28	1:629,160	15,000
Venezuela	28	1:1,078,717	15,964
New Zealand	26	1:174,166	18,836
Suriname	26	1:21,254	4,689
Maldives	25	1:16,167	1,127
United States Virgin Islands	17	1:6,493	987
Belize	16	1:22,217	1,827
Azerbaijan	15	1:643,275	11,348
Poland	15	1:2,533,917	108,409
South Korea	13	1:3,941,558	724
Hungary	12	1:818,023	42,199
Jordan	12	1:736,870	14,651
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12	1:9,388	765
Zambia	11	1:1,440,902	31,383
British Virgin Islands	10	1:3,159	366
Iceland	10	1:38,009	2,599
Panama	10	1:391,226	8,067
Peru	9	1:3,531,569	31,288
Turkmenistan	9	1:609,901	4,112
Belarus	8	1:1,187,632	77,603
Estonia	8	1:165,226	26,217
Georgia	7	1:535,078	18,425
Czechia	6	1:1,772,245	105,647
Ivory Coast	6	1:3,845,205	48,272
Kyrgyzstan	6	1:995,442	57,680
Vietnam	6	1:15,441,009	3,090
Anguilla	4	1:3,359	324
Burundi	4	1:2,451,213	1,279
Madagascar	4	1:5,912,459	5,394
Mexico	4	1:31,031,551	63,627
Tunisia	4	1:152,656	17,743
Yemen	4	1:6,606,324	25,896
Benin	3	1:3,445,201	77,822
Haiti	3	1:3,561,302	20,668
Saint Lucia	3	1:59,594	2,472
Ukraine	3	1:15,174,232	372,501
Barbados	2	1:143,724	1,981
Grenada	2	1:54,268	1,538
Lesotho	2	1:1,016,279	21,693
Niger	2	1:9,596,008	86,358
Romania	2	1:10,038,935	80,612
Turkey	2	1:38,910,711	171,901
Northern Ireland	1	1:1,845,036	20,648
Algeria	1	1:38,631,551	130,422
Angola	1	1:26,989,214	11,853
Argentina	1	1:42,743,414	282,706
Armenia	1	1:2,930,180	22,770
Botswana	1	1:2,186,929	30,250
Bulgaria	1	1:6,978,905	86,260
Burkina Faso	1	1:18,352,100	30,051
Central African Republic	1	1:4,515,390	1,196
Colombia	1	1:47,774,072	44,230
Costa Rica	1	1:4,780,069	13,345
Djibouti	1	1:914,932	1,612
Fiji	1	1:894,391	4,568
Isle of Man	1	1:85,822	4,091
Jersey	1	1:99,202	6,620
Lebanon	1	1:5,637,083	32,436
Liberia	1	1:4,408,535	47,110
Macau	1	1:601,630	1,582
Montenegro	1	1:639,565	9,092
Morocco	1	1:34,476,099	111,471
Northern Cyprus	1	1:319,011	10,202
Papua New Guinea	1	1:8,153,717	181,784
Puerto Rico	1	1:3,550,139	9,109
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1:55,199	1,294
Sierra Leone	1	1:7,089,631	1,533
Slovakia	1	1:5,336,450	140,422
Swaziland	1	1:1,298,199	1,718
Taiwan	1	1:23,444,746	93,622
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Zimbabwe	1	1:15,438,240	133,260

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Muhammad (26,397,029) may also be a first name.

Muhammad Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This name and surnames means 'the most praised one', also the name of a prophet in Islam.

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• Average Salary in:CanadaCanadaEnglandItalyNorthern IrelandNorwayPeruScotlandSouth AfricaUnited StatesWales
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• Religious Adherence in:KazakhstanKazakhstanKenyaNigeriaRussia
• Political Affiliation in:United StatesUnited States

Muhammad Demographics

Muhammad Political Affiliationin United States

Sample size: 2,799 (2014)

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Muhammad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muhammad (Arabic: محمدا, Bengali: মুহম্মদ, Georgian: მუჰამმად, Hindi: मुहम्मद, Marathi: मुहं, Oriya: ମୁହ) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Muhammad.

How Common Is The Last Name Muhammad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Muhammad is the 101st most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,245 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 69 percent of Muhammad reside; 67 percent reside in South Asia and 66 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Muhammad is also the 5th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 26,397,029 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 3,486,682 people, or 1 in 51. In Pakistan Muhammad is mostly found in: Sindh, where 37 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 24 percent reside and Balochistan, where 20 percent reside. Not including Pakistan this last name is found in 146 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 6 percent reside.

Muhammad Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (86%) in Kenya and Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Muhammad surname are 15.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.85% being registered with the party.

The amount Muhammad earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 80.97% less than the national average, earning €5,714 per year; in Norway they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning 242,640 kr per year; in Peru they earn 328.6% more than the national average, earning S/. 83,084 per year; in South Africa they earn 10.78% more than the national average, earning R 263,256 per year; in United States they earn 15.76% less than the national average, earning $36,348 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.98% less than the national average, earning $45,718 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Mauhammad	94	23,148	/
Muhammmad	94	6,405	/
Mouhammad	94	3,741	/
Muahammad	94	781	/
Muhaammad	94	501	/
Muhhammad	94	456	/
Mmuhammad	94	343	/
Muhammaad	94	296	/
Muuhammad	94	284	/
Muhammadd	94	108	/
Hmuhammad	94	74	/
Muhahmmad	94	48	/
Muhaummad	94	45	/
Muhammaud	94	41	/
Mhuhammad	94	36	/
Muhammahd	94	19	/
Muhaymmad	94	9	/
Mujhammad	94	6	/
Muhaimmad	94	4	/
Meuhammad	94	3	/
Muhammhad	94	3	/
Muhatmmad	94	2	/
Muhammaid	94	2	/
Muehammad	94	2	/
Mguhammad	94	1	/
Muham'mad	94	1	/
Muhamad	93	71,602	/
Muhahammad	89	98	/
Muhammahad	89	11	/
Mauhammaid	89	4	/
Mauhaimmad	89	1	/
Mauhammaud	89	1	/
Mauhhammad	89	1	/
Muhammmadd	89	1	/
Mauhammmad	89	1	/
Hhmuhammad	89	1	/
Muhaummmad	89	1	/
Muhamma'dd	89	1	/
Mouhamad	88	6,449	/
Muhammat	88	1,831	/
Muahmmad	88	1,535	/
Muhammod	88	1,422	/
Muhhamad	88	486	/
Muhommad	88	421	/
Mauhamad	88	344	/
Muhaamad	88	316	/
Mihammad	88	143	/
Mmuhamad	88	118	/
Muhamaad	88	87	/
Hmuhamad	88	47	/
Mouammad	88	12	/
Muahamad	88	10	/
Muhamhad	88	7	/
Muhamadd	88	5	/
Muuammad	88	5	/
Muuhamad	88	4	/
Muhaimad	88	4	/
Muhahmad	88	3	/
Muhaumad	88	2	/
Muhamadt	88	1	/
Muhamahd	88	1	/
Muhamaud	88	1	/
Mhuhamad	88	1	/
Muha'mad	88	1	/
Muheamad	88	1	/
Muhamaid	88	1	/
Mujhamad	88	1	/
Muhammadova	84	27	/
Mauhammahad	84	3	/
Muhammadová	84	3	/
Muhammath	82	543	/
Muhammats	82	10	/
Muhammoud	82	10	/
Mohuammad	82	9	/
Mouhammat	82	7	/
Muhhhamad	82	4	/
Mauhammat	82	3	/
Miehammad	82	3	/
Muhoommad	82	2	/
Muhahamad	82	2	/
Muhammeid	82	2	/
Mauahamad	82	1	/
Mauahmmad	82	1	/
Mauhamhad	82	1	/
Mauhommad	82	1	/
Mouahmmad	82	1	/
Mouhommad	82	1	/
Muhamahad	82	1	/
Mouhammod	82	1	/
Muauhmmad	82	1	/
Mauhamaud	82	1	/
Mouhamaid	82	1	/
Mouyhamad	82	1	/
Mujhaamad	82	1	/
Muhaaamad	82	1	/
Muhahhmad	82	1	/
Muhammeud	82	1	/
Muhammuod	82	1	/
Mouhhamad	82	1	/
Muhamat	80	1,172	/
Muhamod	80	895	/
Mihamad	80	56	/
Muahmad	80	52	/
Muhomad	80	25	/
Mouamad	80	10	/
Mauamad	80	1	/
Muhamadova	78	5	/
Moo'hammad	78	4	/
Mouhahamad	78	1	/
Mmoohammad	78	1	/
Mouhamat	75	623	/
Muhamoud	75	81	/
Muhommod	75	6	/
Muuhamat	75	2	/
Mauhamat	75	2	/
Muahhmad	75	2	/
Mouhomad	75	1	/
Muhomaad	75	1	/
Muhaamat	75	1	/
Muhamate	75	1	/
Muhhamod	75	1	/
Moeammad	75	1	/
Mihhamad	75	1	/
Mühammadova	74	1	/
Mouhamoud	71	222	/
Mouhoumad	71	214	/
Mouhamatt	71	14	/
Mouhamate	71	13	/
Mouhamath	71	5	/
Moohommad	71	1	/
Mouhaimat	71	1	/
Muhamoodd	71	1	/
Muhomod	67	7	/
Mouhamouds	67	1	/
Mouhgoumad	67	1	/
Mooamad	67	1	/

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Muhammad Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Muhammad in the Georgian language
მუჰამმად	muhammad	-
Muhammad in the Hindi language
मुहम्मद	muham'mada	98.79
मुहममद	muhamamada	0.27
मूहम्मद	muham'mada	0.27
मोहम्मद	moham'mada	0.09
मुहम्म्द	muham'mda	0.06
मुहाम्मद	muham'mada	0.04
मुहम्माद	muham'mada	0.03
मुहम्मद्	muham'mad	0.01
मुहम्मड	muham'mada	0.01
मुहमद	muhamada	0.01
मुहमम्द	muhamamda	0.01
मु़हम्मद	muham'mada	0.01
मुहम्मद़	muham'mada	0
मुहममड	muhamamada	0
मूहम्माद	muham'mada	0
फूलचन्द	phulacanda	0
मोहमद	mohamada	0
मुम्मद	mum'mada	0
मु़़़़़़़हम्मद	muham'mada	0
मुहम्मउ	muham'ma'u	0
मुह़म्मद	muham'mada	0
मुहम्मइ	muham'ma'i	0
मुहम्म्ाद	muham'mada	0
मुह्म्मद	muhm'mada	0
मुहोम्मद	muhom'mada	0
़मुहम्मद	muham'mada	0
मुहम्म	muham'ma	0
अहमद	ahamada	0
मुहम्द	muhamda	0
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Muhammad in the Bengali language
মুহম্মদ	muham'mada	83.33
মোহাম্মদ	moham'mada	16.67
Muhammad in the Oriya language
ମୁହ	muha	62.5
ହସନ	hasana	25
ମହମଦ	mahamada	12.5
Muhammad in the Marathi language
मुहं	muham	21.33
महमद	mahamada	17.33
मुहमद	muhamada	17.33
मुहंमद	muhammada	13.33
महंमद	mahammada	8
मुहममद	muhamamada	5.33
मोहमद	mohamada	5.33
मुहमंद	muhamanda	4
मोहंमद	mohammada	1.33
मूहंमद	muhammada	1.33
मंहमद	manhamada	1.33
अहमद	ahamada	1.33
महमूद	mahamuda	1.33
Muhammad in the Arabic language
محمدا	mhmda	-

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