How common is the surname Mahmoud?

3,342 people in the United States had the surname Mahmoud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,383 Americans. It ranked 9,709th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mahmoud getting more or less common?

More common. 2,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,342 in 2010, up 61%.

Is Mahmoud also a first name?

Yes. Mahmoud is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Mahmoud

A surname, carried by 3,342 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M530 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mahmoud is more common than 94% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,342 people named Mahmoud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,383 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,074.

#9,709

rank among US surnames

3,342

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+61.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,463)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,701	Vancamp	3,344	92,328
#9,708	Culler	3,343	92,356
#9,709	Mahmoud	3,342	92,383
#9,710	Gigliotti	3,341	92,411
#9,712	Hallam	3,340	92,439
#9,716	Haskin	3,339	92,466

Who is named Mahmoud

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

72% of people named Mahmoud identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mahmoud

Mahmoud has the Soundex code M530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M530.

Questions

How common is the surname Mahmoud?: 3,342 people in the United States had the surname Mahmoud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,383 Americans. It ranked 9,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mahmoud?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Mahmoud identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mahmoud getting more or less common?: More common. 2,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,342 in 2010, up 61%.
Is Mahmoud also a first name?: Yes. Mahmoud is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.