Mostave Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mostave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Mostave (26) may also be a first name.
Mostave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mostave Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mostave (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mostave click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mostave? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Mostave is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mostave reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 26 people.
The surname Mostave is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Mostave is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 82 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 9 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 9 percent live. Other than Mauritania Mostave is found in one country. It is also found in Iran, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mostave Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mostave in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ | almstf | 22.22 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻒ | mstf | 22.22 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰ | almstfy | 11.11 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻲ | mstfy | 11.11 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ | mstfy | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﻄﻔﻲ | alstfy | 11.11 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﺎﻑ | mstaf | 11.11 |
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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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- 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 Mostave
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