The Mohammad surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,639 people carried this name — #6,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 55% from 3,628 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,116 people named Mohammad live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 928 people named Mohammad 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 251 people named Mohammad.
Most of them — 195 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 50 people named Mohammad live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
43 people named Mohammad have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 231 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 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 the Nordic population registers
4,491 people named Mohammad are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Mohammad in American newspapers,
1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 711 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mohammad,
with a public archive behind them.
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Iffat Al-Thunayan 1914–2000 -
Iffat Al-Thunayan 1916–2000
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Ghulam Mohammad Ghotvi 1885–1948 · ulema
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Ghulam Mohammad Ghotvi 1885–1948 · ulema
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Tufail Mohammad 1914–1958 · military personnel
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Tufail Mohammad 1914–1958 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mohammad.
- Moessner 277 · U.S. census
- Moga 631 · U.S. census
- Moge 117 · U.S. census
- Moglia 480 · U.S. census
- Mohamadi 101 · U.S. census
- Mohamed 27,972 · U.S. census
- Mohammed 15,132 · U.S. census
- Mohan 6,188 · U.S. census
- Mohler 6,506 · U.S. census
- Mohn 3,129 · U.S. census
- Mohr 17,180 · U.S. census
- Moi 358 · U.S. census
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