Mouftah Surname

273,120th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Mouftah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mouftah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad5781:23,5162,818
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Egypt2751:334,31221,412
Mauritania2351:17,4251,615
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
France11:66,422,722504,397
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Mouftah (312) may also be a first name.

Mouftah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mouftah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺡ) is found most frequently in Chad. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mouftah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 273,120th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,117,659 people. The last name Mouftah is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mouftah reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Mouftah is also the 497,456th most commonly used given name internationally It is held by 312 people.

The last name Mouftah is most widely held in Chad, where it is held by 578 people, or 1 in 23,516. Beside Chad it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 22 percent live and Egypt, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mouftahe9310/
Moftah9254,962/
Muftah9217,142/
Moufta9216/
Muftahu862,903/
Mouvtah8642/
Moftash869/
Muftaha863/
Mooftah861/
Moftahh861/
Mufta83160/
Mofta8311/
Moftahei80104/
Moftahey809/
Moftahah808/
Mouphtah801/
Muftau778,686/
Maftah773,655/
Movtah7713/
Moftau7713/
Muftai779/
Musfta776/
Muftaz774/
Muftat774/
Muftaj774/
Muftha774/
Moftat772/
Muftaa771/
Moffta771/
Moftaz771/
Moftaa771/
Moubtahij75686/
Muftahova755/
Moftahaha751/
Maftaha711,019/
Muphtah71259/
Mufftau7110/
Musftau717/
Mufthau715/
Muuftau712/
Mouftou712/
Mmuftau711/
Mouphta711/
Mobtaha711/
Moivtah711/
Meeftah711/
Muftaas711/
Maftajh711/
Moftouch6791/
Mafta6788/
Mubta676/
Muphtahu671/
Mofto671/
Mobta671/
Muvta671/
Mufphtau671/
Movta671/

Mouftah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mouftah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺡmftah98.11
ﺍﻟﻤﻔﺘﺎﺡalmftah1.89

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