Mouftah Surname
Approximately 1,424 people bear this surname
Mouftah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Mauritania | 235 | 1:17,425 | 1,615 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
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 last name Mouftah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺡ) is borne by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mouftah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mouftah is the 273,120th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,117,659 people. The last name Mouftah occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mouftah are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 497,456th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 312 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Chad, where it is carried by 578 people, or 1 in 23,516. Without taking into account Chad it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 22 percent reside and Egypt, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouftahe | 93 | 10 | / |
| Moftah | 92 | 54,962 | / |
| Muftah | 92 | 17,142 | / |
| Moufta | 92 | 16 | / |
| Muftahu | 86 | 2,903 | / |
| Mouvtah | 86 | 42 | / |
| Moftash | 86 | 9 | / |
| Muftaha | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mooftah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moftahh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mufta | 83 | 160 | / |
| Mofta | 83 | 11 | / |
| Moftahei | 80 | 104 | / |
| Moftahey | 80 | 9 | / |
| Moftahah | 80 | 8 | / |
| Mouphtah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muftau | 77 | 8,686 | / |
| Maftah | 77 | 3,655 | / |
| Movtah | 77 | 13 | / |
| Moftau | 77 | 13 | / |
| Muftai | 77 | 9 | / |
| Musfta | 77 | 6 | / |
| Muftaz | 77 | 4 | / |
| Muftat | 77 | 4 | / |
| Muftaj | 77 | 4 | / |
| Muftha | 77 | 4 | / |
| Moftat | 77 | 2 | / |
| Muftaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moffta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moftaz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moftaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moubtahij | 75 | 686 | / |
| Muftahova | 75 | 5 | / |
| Moftahaha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maftaha | 71 | 1,019 | / |
| Muphtah | 71 | 259 | / |
| Mufftau | 71 | 10 | / |
| Musftau | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mufthau | 71 | 5 | / |
| Muuftau | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mouftou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mmuftau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouphta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mobtaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moivtah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meeftah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muftaas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maftajh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moftouch | 67 | 91 | / |
| Mafta | 67 | 88 | / |
| Mubta | 67 | 6 | / |
| Muphtahu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mofto | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mobta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muvta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mufphtau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Movta | 67 | 1 | / |
Mouftah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mouftah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻔﺘﺎﺡ | mftah | 98.11 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻔﺘﺎﺡ | almftah | 1.89 |
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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 Mouftah
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