How common is the surname Mohammed?

15,132 people in the United States had the surname Mohammed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,403 Americans. It ranked 2,395th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mohammed?

In the 2010 Census, 37% of people named Mohammed identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Mohammed?

Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player (born 1977), followed by Nick Mohammed.

Where is the surname Mohammed most common?

Wikidata records people named Mohammed in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Mohammed?

Mohammed is /mʊəˈhɑːməd/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Mohammed getting more or less common?

More common. 9,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,132 in 2010, up 58%.

Is Mohammed also a first name?

Yes. Mohammed 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 Mohammed

A surname, carried by 15,132 people in the United States.

Pronounced /mʊəˈhɑːməd/ 3 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). Mohammed is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 15,132 people named Mohammed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,403 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,585.

#2,395

rank among US surnames

15,132

people in 2010

5.1

per 100,000 Americans

+57.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,419)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,387	Watt	15,211	20,298
#2,388	Roque	15,203	20,308
#2,389	Pyle	15,180	20,339
#2,390	Kitchen	15,170	20,352
#2,391	Guillory	15,161	20,364
#2,392	Chong	15,146	20,385
#2,393	Lemon	15,140	20,393

Who is named Mohammed

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

37% of people named Mohammed identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 17% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 37%
Asian and Pacific Islander 34%
White (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Mohammeds

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nazr Mohammed
American basketball player (born 1977)
Nick Mohammed
British actor, born 1980

Notable Mohammeds come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mohammed

Mohammed 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 Mohammed?: 15,132 people in the United States had the surname Mohammed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,403 Americans. It ranked 2,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mohammed?: In the 2010 Census, 37% of people named Mohammed identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Mohammed?: Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player (born 1977), followed by Nick Mohammed.
Where is the surname Mohammed most common?: Wikidata records people named Mohammed in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Mohammed?: Mohammed is /mʊəˈhɑːməd/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Mohammed getting more or less common?: More common. 9,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,132 in 2010, up 58%.
Is Mohammed also a first name?: Yes. Mohammed 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.