El Mostafa Surname

11,815th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,556 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Mostafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Mostafa 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
Morocco47,2691:72917
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Mauritania471:87,1255,595
Syria91:2,144,5589,551
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
France21:33,211,361423,184
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
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El Mostafa (14,086) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Canada
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Mostafa Demographics

Average El Mostafa Salary in
Canada

$47,572 CAD

Per year
Rank:
150,815 of 236,188
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.62394E-5
Rank: 212,567 of 236,189
Percentage of national average salary:
95.75%
Sample size: 3 (2014)

Average Salary in
Canada

$49,683 CAD

Per year
Per month:
$4,140 CAD
Per week:
$920 CAD
Per day:
$136 CAD

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El Mostafa Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Mostafa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰ) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 11,815th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 153,241 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Mostafa reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 48,420th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 14,086 people.

The surname El Mostafa is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is held by 47,269 people, or 1 in 729. Outside of Morocco it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 0 percent live and Mauritania, where 0 percent live.

El Mostafa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

El Mostafa earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 4.25% less than the national average, earning $47,572 CAD per year.

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 Moustafa95284/
El Mostafha951/
El Mostaffa951/
El Mousstafa911/
El Mustafa901,021/
El Mostafi90240/
El Mastafa90136/
El Mostefa9010/
El Mestafa904/
El Mostafe904/
El-Mostafa902/
El Mostapha865,637/
El Moustafi864/
El Moustafe862/
El-Moustafa861/
El Moustapha825,465/
El Moustafid82242/
El Mosstapha8213/
El-Mustafa804/
El-Mostefa801/
El Mastafi801/
El Mousstapha789/
El Moustaipha781/
El Mustapha7611,355/
El Mestapha769/
El Mastapha769/
El Mostaphe766/
El Mostaphi765/
El Moutapha764/
El-Mostapha762/
El-Mustafah761/
El Moustaphe73353/
El-Moustapha7316/
El Moustaphi734/
El-Mustapha6797/
El Mustaphi671/
El Mestepha671/
El-Moustaphe646/
El Machthoufy521/
El Machthoufi521/
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El Mostafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mostafa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰalmstfy70
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻲalmstfy20
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﺎﻓﻰalmstafy6.67
ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰmstfy3.33

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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 Mostafa
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