Mustafa Forename
166th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,009,704 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus
Mustafa Forename Definition:
Arabic (masculine) - The chosen.
Mustafa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 100% | 1,461,828 | 1:53 | 3 |
| Sudan | 100% | 422,008 | 1:90 | 7 |
| Egypt | 100% | 391,994 | 1:234 | 29 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 86,015 | 1:2,064 | 385 |
| India | 100% | 81,565 | 1:14,895 | 2,081 |
| Libya | - | 78,954 | 1:79 | 11 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 66,908 | 1:461 | 50 |
| Pakistan | 86% | 41,638 | 1:4,668 | 694 |
| Bangladesh | 83% | 37,300 | 1:4,275 | 603 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 34,946 | 1:7,382 | 979 |
| Afghanistan | 98% | 33,276 | 1:980 | 191 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 29,573 | 1:1,785 | 357 |
| Germany | 100% | 18,718 | 1:5,165 | 518 |
| Morocco | 100% | 17,142 | 1:2,004 | 298 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 15,900 | 1:222 | 17 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 12,056 | 1:580 | 127 |
| Kenya | 93% | 10,524 | 1:4,400 | 711 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 10,210 | 1:2,982 | 309 |
| Uganda | 97% | 9,815 | 1:4,173 | 507 |
| Somalia | - | 9,175 | 1:1,474 | 246 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 8,603 | 1:243 | 26 |
| United States | 100% | 8,477 | 1:42,767 | 2,538 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 7,435 | 1:43 | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 7,398 | 1:13,187 | 1,856 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Israel | 99% | 6,436 | 1:1,306 | 289 |
| Iraq | 100% | 6,392 | 1:5,478 | 645 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5,988 | 1:1,610 | 372 |
| England | 100% | 5,533 | 1:10,049 | 796 |
| France | 100% | 4,681 | 1:14,200 | 773 |
| Russia | 99% | 4,497 | 1:32,073 | 759 |
| Algeria | 100% | 4,442 | 1:8,594 | 778 |
| Oman | - | 3,431 | 1:1,198 | 182 |
| Malawi | 98% | 3,279 | 1:5,219 | 756 |
| Austria | 67% | 2,998 | 1:2,840 | 336 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,959 | 1:5,712 | 836 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,820 | 1:3,496 | 454 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2,812 | 1:2,543 | 295 |
| Albania | 100% | 2,795 | 1:1,090 | 200 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 2,703 | 1:6,566 | 672 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 2,691 | 1:27,435 | 2,067 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,570 | 1:4,471 | 716 |
| Angola | - | 2,294 | 1:11,755 | 1,288 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,045 | 1:16,202 | 1,582 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,003 | 1:23,230 | 1,293 |
| Uzbekistan | 98% | 1,786 | 1:17,238 | 1,608 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,587 | 1:1,493 | 135 |
| Denmark | - | 1,556 | 1:3,631 | 492 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,526 | 1:5,382 | 726 |
| Kosovo | - | 1,458 | 1:1,277 | 313 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,453 | 1:2,605 | 365 |
| Syria | - | 1,444 | 1:13,370 | 921 |
| Poland | 95% | 1,414 | 1:26,893 | 886 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,238 | 1:56,596 | 5,844 |
| Tajikistan | 98% | 1,163 | 1:7,201 | 930 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1,081 | 1:6,610 | 695 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,073 | 1:19,384 | 2,577 |
| Ghana | 100% | 787 | 1:34,290 | 2,099 |
| Bahrain | - | 651 | 1:2,072 | 349 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 98% | 599 | 1:9,972 | 1,461 |
| Norway | 100% | 585 | 1:8,773 | 815 |
| Australia | - | 555 | 1:24,608 | 1,595 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 527 | 1:4,666 | 595 |
| Brazil | 100% | 522 | 1:410,414 | 14,401 |
| Ukraine | 98% | 515 | 1:88,349 | 797 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 511 | 1:1,242 | 276 |
| Greece | 100% | 457 | 1:23,927 | 1,109 |
| Croatia | 100% | 449 | 1:9,392 | 746 |
| Jordan | 75% | 402 | 1:21,957 | 1,104 |
| Philippines | 98% | 395 | 1:268,378 | 10,849 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 267 | 1:20,498 | 545 |
| South Africa | 100% | 256 | 1:213,018 | 13,477 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 224 | 1:96,475 | 5,128 |
| Djibouti | - | 217 | 1:4,220 | 471 |
| New Zealand | - | 213 | 1:21,296 | 1,639 |
| Somaliland | - | 167 | 1:20,969 | 931 |
| Finland | 94% | 166 | 1:33,031 | 1,416 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 142 | 1:108,618 | 7,744 |
| Italy | 94% | 136 | 1:448,986 | 4,949 |
| Romania | 100% | 126 | 1:159,143 | 5,986 |
| Scotland | 100% | 123 | 1:43,499 | 1,469 |
| Iran | - | 117 | 1:670,913 | 6,962 |
| Wales | 100% | 104 | 1:29,753 | 1,356 |
| Ireland | 100% | 103 | 1:45,083 | 1,537 |
| Argentina | 100% | 96 | 1:445,555 | 3,506 |
| Brunei | 100% | 94 | 1:4,464 | 441 |
| China | - | 94 | 1:14,532,508 | 59,980 |
| Singapore | 100% | 94 | 1:66,884 | 6,929 |
| Belarus | 100% | 91 | 1:104,202 | 1,078 |
| Liberia | 100% | 61 | 1:72,329 | 3,439 |
| Hungary | 100% | 57 | 1:171,785 | 967 |
| Malta | - | 57 | 1:7,533 | 851 |
| Zambia | - | 54 | 1:293,607 | 8,674 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 53 | 1:569,847 | 14,640 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 50 | 1:13,538 | 1,184 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 49 | 1:59,894 | 4,680 |
| Georgia | 100% | 47 | 1:79,542 | 3,191 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 42 | 1:20,740 | 1,323 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Czechia | 90% | 34 | 1:313,417 | 1,996 |
| Yemen | - | 30 | 1:876,558 | 2,991 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Japan | - | 24 | 1:5,332,752 | 28,204 |
| Mexico | 100% | 24 | 1:5,172,684 | 20,497 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Moldova | - | 23 | 1:154,832 | 1,578 |
| Chile | 100% | 21 | 1:838,438 | 8,197 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 20 | 1:68,071 | 5,456 |
| Hong Kong | - | 19 | 1:408,038 | 4,068 |
| Guyana | 100% | 17 | 1:44,898 | 4,357 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 16 | 1:108,014 | 84 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Latvia | - | 13 | 1:155,050 | 2,346 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 12 | 1:153,596 | 1,669 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 11 | 1:511,597 | 6,402 |
| Lithuania | - | 10 | 1:295,188 | 2,080 |
| Ecuador | - | 9 | 1:1,969,658 | 11,243 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 9 | 1:590,007 | 2,547 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Panama | - | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| Armenia | 67% | 7 | 1:416,965 | 5,243 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Peru | 100% | 7 | 1:4,541,636 | 34,195 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Mauritania | - | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Suriname | 100% | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Congo | - | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| Senegal | - | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Maldives | 100% | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Burundi | 100% | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Mustafá (11), Müstafa (7), Mustafà (6) & Müştafa (1) are calculated separately.
Mustafa (1,428,632) may also be a surname.
Mustafa Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Arabic (masculine) - The chosen.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Mustafa Forename Popularity
Mustafa Demographics
Mustafa Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,487 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Mustafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mustafa in the Russian language | ||
| Мустафа | mustafa | - |
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Footnotes
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