Mouftaou Surname

761,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Mouftaou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mouftaou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin3621:28,5513,795
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Mouftaou (1,046) may also be a first name.

Mouftaou Last Name Facts

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

Mouftaou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mouftaou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mouftaou is the 761,666th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mouftaou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mouftaou is also the 247,650th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 1,046 people.

It is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 362 people, or 1 in 28,551. In Benin it is most common in: Plateau Department, where 46 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 33 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Benin Mouftaou is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 2 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mouftahou941/
Mouftao936/
Muftaou936/
Mouftoua881/
Muftao86138/
Mouphtaou8218/
Muftaua801/
Muftaho801/
Muftaau801/
Muftaoh801/
Mufftahu754/
Mouphtao751/
Mouphtoua711/
Muvtao711/
Maftahu671/
Mawtaou671/
Moftahei63104/
Moftoooh6314/
Moftahey639/
Mawtao572/
Maftoah536/
Maftohah5026/
Mobtahej503/
Mafthooh503/

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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 Mouftaou
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