# Mahmud (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mahmud/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,649 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,176 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 187,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +61% (1,025 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mahmud in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 65% |
| Two or more races | 5.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mahmud in Bangladesh.

## People named Mahmud

- Hasan Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer

## Similar surnames

Mahmood, Mahmoud, Muhammad, Mohamud, Montoya, Mohamed, Mohammed, Mundy, Mount, Mohammad, Monday, Monte.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.