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    The surname Mumin

    An Arabic surname, carried by 594 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M550

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mumin is more common than 76.9% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin, “believer”). This surname is predominantly found in Somalia.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 594 people named Mumin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 519,774 Americans. That is up 84% since 2000, when the Census counted 323.

    #37,492
    rank among US surnames
    594
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +83.9%
    change since 2000 (was #58,692)

    Who is named Mumin

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

    83% of people named Mumin identified as Black (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; White, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mumin

    Mumin has the Soundex code M550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M550.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mumin come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin, “believer”). This surname is predominantly found in Somalia.
    How common is the surname Mumin?
    594 people in the United States had the surname Mumin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 519,774 Americans. It ranked 37,492nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mumin?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Mumin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Mumin getting more or less common?
    More common. 323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 594 in 2010, up 84%.