Maulid
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Maulid is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country. Recorded meaning: the birthday of a holy man or prophet, especially Muhammad.
- TZTanzania≈1 in 2.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- KEKenya≈1 in 55K
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 73K
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
- 34 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈24,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tanzania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
the birthday of a holy man or prophet, especially Muhammad
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maulid 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZ Tanzania | #162 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 3 | Maulid | 31 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Maulid | 1 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈970 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Maulid | 14 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Maulid | 6 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 991K | — | Maulid | 6 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 3 | 1 in 2.8M | 3 | — | 1 |
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: INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zubeir Ali Maulidb. 1968TZTanzanian politician
- Ayu Maulidab. 1997IDnot in their usual nameIndonesian People's Consultative Assembly Ambassador, model and beauty pageant titleholder
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| TZ Tanzania | INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results | 2020 | 1 | #12 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Maulid mean, and where does it come from?
- the birthday of a holy man or prophet, especially Muhammad Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Maulid have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 24 thousand people named Maulid in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maulid.
- How common is the name Maulid?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 3 people named Maulid in 2024, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.
- How common is Maulid compared with other names?
- In Tanzania, Maulid is the 162nd most common surname of 112,969 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maulidThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Maulid” — the 162nd most common surname in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.