Frequency: (353)
(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 the Arabic adjective sa‘īd ‘lucky’, ‘fortunate’. Compare Saad.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 88%. Mohammad (14), Mohammed (12), Muhammad (12), Ahmed (8), Khalid (8), Tariq (6), Hamid (4), Mohamed (4), Abdulla (3), Ahmad (3), Ali (3), Anwar (3).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
