Explore the Family Name Mumtaz

The meaning of Mumtaz

Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic mumtāz ‘excellent’, very frequent in the Indian subcontinent.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Mumtaz in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Mumtaz has seen a significant increase in its popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Mumtaz was ranked as the 63,450th most common surname, but by 2010, it had climbed up the ranks to become the 45,959th most common, marking an impressive 27.57% increase in popularity. The count of people with the surname also rose dramatically during this period. There were 294 individuals named Mumtaz in the year 2000, and this number increased by 57.82% to reach 464 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#63,450	#45,959	27.57%
Count	294	464	57.82%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.16	45.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mumtaz

When it comes to ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that there has been a shift among people with the surname Mumtaz from 2000 to 2010. A significant majority of these individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in both years, but the percentage grew from 76.19% in 2000 to 84.91% in 2010, indicating an 11.45% increase over the decade. Meanwhile, there was a drastic decrease of 68.37% in the proportion who identified as having two or more races. Similarly, the percentage of those identifying as white fell by 36.68%. Interestingly, those identifying as Hispanic doubled their representation from 2.04% to 4.31%. However, those identifying as Black were no longer represented in 2010, and there remained no representation for American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	76.19%	84.91%	11.45%
Hispanic	2.04%	4.31%	111.27%
Two or More Races	12.93%	4.09%	-68.37%
White	5.78%	3.66%	-36.68%
Black	3.06%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%