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.

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El Moustapha 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
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

The last name El Moustapha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of El Moustapha click here.

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

The last name is the 87,968th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,333,494 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Moustapha are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 65,597th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 9,021 people.

This surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 5,128 people, or 1 in 799. In Mauritania El Moustapha is most common in: Trarza Region, where 17 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 15 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 14 percent live. Beside Mauritania it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 5 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.

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 Mustapha9611,355/
El Mostapha965,637/
El Mousstapha969/
El Moutapha964/
El Moustapa961/
El Moustaipha961/
El Moustaphe92353/
El-Moustapha9216/
El Mosstapha9213/
El Moustaphi924/
El Moustahpa921/
El Mutapha911/
El Moustafa87284/
El-Mustapha8797/
El Mastapha879/
El Mostaphe876/
El Mostaphi875/
El-Mostapha872/
El Mostafha871/
El Mustaphi871/
El Mostahpa871/
El-Moustaphe836/
El Mousstafa831/
El Mosstahpa831/
El Mostafa8247,556/
El Mustafa821,021/
El Moustafi784/
El Moustafe782/
El-Moustafa781/
El Mostaffa781/
El Moustafid75242/
El Mostafi73240/
El Mastafa73136/
El-Mustafa734/
El Mostafe734/
El-Mostafa732/
El-Mustafah701/
El Mastafi641/
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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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