Frequency: (187)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Muslim and Jewish (Israeli): variant of Arabic Murad.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 23%; Jewish 9%. Ammar (2), Saeed (2), Said (2), Salim (2), Ahmad, Ali, Ayman, Faraj, Habib, Hamid, Jamal, Laila; Yosef (2), Arieh, Ilan, Sholomo, Yacov, Yael.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
