Muah

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Alternative form of mwah (“kiss sound”)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

rarermore common
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 208K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GHGhana≈1 in 302K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 357K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ghana (inferred from the name graph)

≈97 people, est.

Sources
53 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 208K (inferred from the name graph)

Hong Kong, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Alternative form of mwah (“kiss sound”).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Muah 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 Muah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GH Ghana≈97 est.≈1 in 302KMuah11
MY Malaysia≈92 est.≈1 in 357KMuah12
NG Nigeria≈71 est.≈1 in 3MMuah4
IN India≈63 est.≈1 in 21MMuah6
HK Hong Kong≈35 est.≈1 in 208KMuah2
NL Netherlands≈23 est.≈1 in 744KMuah5
SG Singapore≈10 est.≈1 in 623KMuah3

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.

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)

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

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, Singapore

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Mu'Ah

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Müäh

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Múah, Muàh

26 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)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Muah under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Muah mean, and where does it come from?
Alternative form of mwah (“kiss sound”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Muah have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 97 people named Muah in Ghana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled muah.
How common is the name Muah?
Mondonomo estimates about 97 people in Ghana have Muah as their first surname, about 1 in 302 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Muah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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