Frequency: (118)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic rasūl ‘messenger’. The Prophet Muhammad is the messenger of Allah (see the Qur’an 48:29).
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 72%. Ghulam (4), Golam (3), Ali (2), Amjad (2), Karim (2), Mohammad (2), Mujahid (2), Naeem (2), Abdul, Abrahim, Aminur, Aziz.
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