Mouftafa Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Mouftafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mouftafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin81:1,291,95054,095
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mouftafa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mouftafa is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mouftafa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mouftafa is the 6,360,413th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Mouftafa live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Mouftafa is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin Mouftafa is primarily found in: Plateau Department, where 75 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 13 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 13 percent are found. Beside Benin it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muftafa9318/
Moftafa932/
Musftafa882/
Moftafay881/
Mouftapha822/
Moftafi801/
Muftapha7512/
Muftafiz751/
Muibtafa751/
Mubtaffa751/
Moubtapha711/
Mubtapha631/

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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 Mouftafa
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