Maula
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/məʊlə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Maula is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country. Recorded meaning: By syncope from Maunula.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 703K(inferred from the name graph)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 41K
- GYGuyana1 in 375K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 31 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 41K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tanzania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
By syncope from Maunula.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maula counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Maula is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, useless, good-for-nothing, junk
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, cunning, tricky
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Nyanja, plural of ula
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Icelandic, to munch
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Riteņa caurā, asij uzmaucamā vidus daļa, kurā iestiprināti spieķi; ratu rumba
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Dziļi uz acīm un ausīm uzmaucama cepure
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Erkka Maulab. 1935FIFinnish philosopher
- Jere Maulab. 1936FIFinnish architect
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 2 | #592 |
| TZ Tanzania | INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results | 2020 | 1 | #29 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Maula mean, and where does it come from?
- By syncope from Maunula. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Maula?
- A machine transcription gives /məʊlə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Maula a male or female name?
- Maula is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Maula have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Maula in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Maula?
- In Guyana, the national register counted 2 people named Maula in 2025, about 1 in 375 thousand residents.
- How common is Maula compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Maula is the 450th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maulaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maula” — the 450th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.