The Mohammed surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,132 people carried this name — #2,395 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,500 people counted. That is up 58% from 9,585 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,326 people named Mohammed live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 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 794 people named Mohammed 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 112 people named Mohammed.
Most of them — 59 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Nord.
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 44 people named Mohammed 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 the Nordic population registers
8,042 people named Mohammed 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.
Who carried it
People named Mohammed,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bibi Titi Mohamed 1926–2000 · politician -
Nick Mohammed 1926–2011 · amateur wrestler -
Ismail Mohammed 1922–2008 · association football player
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Torrance Mohammed 1931–2021
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Dahiru Mohammed 1942– · politician
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Bobby Mohammed 1942–2021 · musician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mohammed.
- 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
- Mohammad 5,639 · 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
- Moine 150 · U.S. census
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