The Mohamed surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,499 people carried this name — #2,655 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,600 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,053 people named Mohamed live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,514 people named Mohamed.
Most of them — 797 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,402 people named Mohamed live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
99 people named Mohamed have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 489 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Mohamed in American newspapers,
1845–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,915 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mohamed,
with a public archive behind them.
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Naseema Mohamed 1940– · politician -
Asma Mohamed Abdalla 1946– · politician -
Hawa Aden Mohamed 1949– · teacher -
Mustapa Mohamed 1950– · politician -
Zahra Mohamed Ahmad 1952– · human rights defender
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 227 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mohamed.
- Moesch 384 · U.S. census
- Moessner 269 · U.S. census
- Moga 555 · U.S. census
- Moge 100 · U.S. census
- Moglia 472 · U.S. census
- Mohamadi 101 · U.S. census
- Mohammad 3,628 · U.S. census
- Mohammed 9,585 · U.S. census
- Mohan 4,440 · U.S. census
- Mohler 6,224 · U.S. census
- Mohn 3,316 · U.S. census
- Mohr 17,153 · U.S. census
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