El-Mustafa Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Australia

El-Mustafa Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Mustafa.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Mustafa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

El-Mustafa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Mustafa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El-Mustafa (Russian: Эль-мустафа) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of El-Mustafa.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Mustafa? popularity and diffusion

The surname El-Mustafa is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of El-Mustafa are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name El-Mustafa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 50 percent reside and Niger, where 50 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 25 percent reside and Sudan, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Mustafah951/
El-Moustafa951/
El Mustafa901,021/
El-Mostafa902/
El Moustafa86284/
El-Mustapha8697/
El-Moustapha8216/
El Mousstafa821/
El Mostafa8047,556/
El Mustapha7611,355/
El Moustafi764/
El-Mostapha762/
El Moustafe762/
El Mostafha761/
El Mostaffa761/
El Moustapha735,465/
El Moustafid73242/
El-Moustaphe736/
El Mostafi70240/
El Mousstapha709/
El Mostafe704/
El Mutapha701/
El Moustaipha701/
El Mostapha675,637/
El Moutapha674/
El Mustaphi671/
El Moustaphe64353/
El Mosstapha6413/
El Moustaphi644/
El Mostaphe576/
El Mostaphi575/
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El-Mustafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El-Mustafa in the Russian language
Эль-мустафаel-mustafa-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El-Mustafa
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