Mahfud

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Mahfud is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
  • YEYemen≈1 in 30K
  • SYSyria≈1 in 121K

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.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈8,200 people, est.

Sources
94 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)

Yemen, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mahfud 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.

Where Mahfud is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia#944≈8,200 est.≈1 in 33KlistedMahfud94
YE Yemen—≈990 est.≈1 in 30K—Mahfud3
MY Malaysia—≈170 est.≈1 in 192K—Mahfud14
SY Syria—≈160 est.≈1 in 121K—Mahfud6
DZ Algeria—≈100 est.≈1 in 419K—Mahfud6
ES Spain—671 in 747K121Mahfud10
LY Libya—≈43 est.≈1 in 160K—Mahfud9

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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mahfud is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

    Also written Mahfúd

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Germany, Syria

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Maḥfūḍ

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Maḥfud, Maḥfūḍ

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Mahfud
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—67#36,428
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—67#36,240

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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

In which country does Mahfud have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 8.2 thousand people named Mahfud in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mahfud.
How common is the name Mahfud?
In Spain, the national register counted 67 people named Mahfud, about 1 in 747 thousand residents.
How common is Mahfud compared with other names?
In Indonesia, Mahfud is the 944th most common surname of 451,395 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Mahfud” — the 944th most common surname in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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