El Mostaf Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Mostaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Mostaf 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
Mauritania1341:30,5592,519
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

El Mostaf Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Mostaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ) is found most in Mauritania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of El Mostaf.

How Common Is The Last Name El Mostaf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,537,949th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Mostaf reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name El Mostaf is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 30,559. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 77 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 10 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 1 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 Moustaf95210/
El Mostafe954/
El Mosstaf951/
El Moustaff902/
El Moustafe902/
El Moustaif901/
El Mostav8930/
El Mestaf891/
El Mostaph84141/
El Moustav8450/
El Mosstav841/
El Messtaf841/
El Moustaph802,115/
El Moutahaf806/
El Mosstaph806/
El Mostaphe806/
El Moustouf801/
El Mousteif801/
El Mestav782/
El Moustaphe76353/
El Mousstaph7636/
El Mestaph746/
El-Moustaph7010/
El Mataib67122/
El-Moustaphe676/
El Matouf671/
El Maatoub531/
El Mashtoub503/
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El Mostaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mostaf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒalmstf85.71
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰalmstfy10.2
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻲalmstfy2.04
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﺼﻄﻒalmsstf2.04

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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
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  • 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 Mostaf
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