# Momin (surname)

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

A male surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Urdu |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,935 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,851 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,194 people |
| Change since 2000 | +109% (1,405 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu مومِن (momin), borrowed from Classical Persian مُؤْمِن (mu'min), borrowed from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana). Doublet of mu'min.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Momin 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) | 2.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 93% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Mumin, Monahan, Manion, Moynihan, Mannino, Mannion, Menon, Mooneyham, Manahan, Mannon, Memon, Monnin.

## 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.