Mosafir Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Mosafir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mosafir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India691:11,116,890206,545
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Mosafir (8,911) may also be a first name.

Mosafir Last Name Facts

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

Mosafir (Hindi: मोसाफिर, Marathi: मोसािफर, Russian: Мосафир) has its highest incidence in India. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mosafir? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,034,059th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Mosafir live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 81 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 66,153rd most common first name globally, borne by 8,911 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 11,116,890. In India Mosafir is most numerous in: Bihar, where 99 percent are found and West Bengal, where 1 percent are found. Not including India Mosafir is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Russia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mosafir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mosafir in the Hindi language
मोसाफिरmosaphira77.97
मोसाफीरmosaphira16.95
मोसफीरmosaphira3.73
मोसफिरmosaphira1.02
मोसाफिऱmosaphira0.34
Mosafir in the Marathi language
मोसािफरmosaiphara66.67
मोसफीरmosaphira33.33
Mosafir in the Russian language
Мосафирmosafir-

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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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  • 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 Mosafir
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