El Moustapha Surname

87,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Moustapha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Moustapha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania5,1281:799110
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
Niger481:399,83411,128
France111:6,038,429280,838
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Moustapha (9,021) may also be a first name.

El Moustapha Last Name Facts

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

El Moustapha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name El Moustapha is the 87,968th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,333,494 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Moustapha live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Senegambia Africa. El Moustapha is also the 65,597th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 9,021 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 5,128 people, or 1 in 799. In Mauritania El Moustapha is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 17 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 15 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 14 percent are found. Barring Mauritania it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 5 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

El Moustapha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Moustapha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰalmstfy85.83
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻲalmstfy12.11
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒalmstf0.94
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﺎﻑalmstaf0.89
ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰmstfy0.1
ﺍﻟﻤﻄﺼﻔﻰalmtsfy0.05
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﺎﻓﻪalmstafh0.03
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻈﻔﻰalmszfy0.03
ﺍﻟﻤﺼﺼﻔﻰalmssfy0.03

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Footnotes

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