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Mumin Surname Meaning

Muslim (mainly Somalia and Bangladesh also Ghana): from a personal name based on Arabic mu’min ‘believer (in Islam) pious person’. Al-Mu’min ‘the Believer’ is an attribute of Allah (Koran 59:23).

It is also the title of the 40th sura of the Koran. Compare Momin and Memon.

— Note: Since Somalis traditionally do not have hereditary surnames this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Mumin families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Mumin family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most Mumin families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 14 Mumin families living in Wisconsin. This was about 54% of all the recorded Mumin's in USA. Wisconsin had the highest population of Mumin families in 1880.
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Between 1980 and 2004, in the United States, Mumin life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1997, and highest in 1991. The average life expectancy for Mumin in 1980 was 57, and 74 in 2004.

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