Mumin Family History

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.