Surname ﺍﺣﻤﺪ (ﺍﺣﻤﺪ 
) , globally, is a common last name. The cognomen ﺍﺣﻤﺪ is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Sudan, where it is quite a common surname, Egypt, and Libya, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Sudan, Egypt, and Syria. Likewise, ﺍﺣﻤﺪ is the forename as well as the last name.