Find out how popular the last name Mahamed is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Mahamed.

Mahamed, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Mahamed surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Mahamed in America

Mahamed is the 46487th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Mahamed surname appeared 458 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Mahamed.

We can also compare 2010 data for Mahamed to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Mahamed

The surname MAHAMED is believed to have originated in the Middle East, specifically in the regions that are now known as Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The name can be traced back to the 7th century CE, during the rise of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula.

MAHAMED is derived from the Arabic name "Muhammad," which means "praised" or "praiseworthy." This name was borne by the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam, who was born in Mecca in 570 CE. As a result, the name MAHAMED became a popular surname among the followers of Islam, particularly in the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding regions.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname MAHAMED can be found in the writings of Al-Masudi, a renowned Arab historian and geographer who lived in the 10th century CE. In his book "Muruj adh-dhahab" (Meadows of Gold), he mentions several individuals with the surname MAHAMED who were prominent figures in the Islamic world at that time.

During the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258 CE), the surname MAHAMED was widely used among the elite and scholarly classes. Several notable figures from this period bore the surname, including Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (854-925 CE), a Persian polymath and one of the most influential physicians of the Islamic Golden Age.

As Islam spread to other parts of the world, the surname MAHAMED also gained popularity in regions such as North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. In the 12th century, during the Almohad Caliphate in modern-day Morocco and Spain, a prominent scholar and jurist named Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Arabi (1076-1148 CE) was known by the surname MAHAMED.

In the Ottoman Empire, which ruled over a vast territory spanning parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa from the 14th to the early 20th century, the surname MAHAMED was common among the ruling elite and military leaders. One notable figure was Mehmed II (1432-1481 CE), also known as Mehmed the Conqueror, who conquered Constantinople in 1453 and effectively ended the Byzantine Empire.

Another important figure bearing the surname MAHAMED was Al-Idrisi (1099-1166 CE), a renowned Arab geographer, cartographer, and traveler who is best known for his work "Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi Ikhtiraq al-Afaq" (The Pleasure of Him Who Desires to Journey Through the Regions), which contained detailed maps and descriptions of the known world at that time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Mahamed

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Mahamed.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Mahamed was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Mahamed has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Mahamed was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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