Mostav Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Mostav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Mostav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mostav Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mostav (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺼﻄﻒ) is most common in Mauritania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mostav? popularity and diffusion
Mostav is the 5,057,639th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Mostav are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Mostav is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Assaba Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mostav Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mostav in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺼﻄﻒ | mstf | - |
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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 Mostav
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