Mousa Surname
Approximately 572,691 people bear this surname
Mousa Surname User-submission:
A surname of Arabic origin. It is the Muslim version of "Moses", which means 'son'.
Mousa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 151,475 | 1:231 | 40 |
| Egypt | 133,166 | 1:690 | 84 |
| Syria | 92,238 | 1:209 | 29 |
| Saudi Arabia | 35,060 | 1:880 | 56 |
| Sudan | 32,200 | 1:1,165 | 164 |
| Lebanon | 22,946 | 1:246 | 16 |
| Yemen | 22,938 | 1:1,152 | 166 |
| Jordan | 22,041 | 1:401 | 35 |
| Iran | 15,238 | 1:5,039 | 697 |
| Palestine | 14,883 | 1:306 | 10 |
| Libya | 12,773 | 1:489 | 87 |
| Kuwait | 3,587 | 1:1,060 | 110 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,371 | 1:2,718 | 342 |
| Niger | 3,249 | 1:5,907 | 512 |
| United States | 1,194 | 1:303,567 | 27,933 |
| Qatar | 562 | 1:4,196 | 428 |
| Pakistan | 547 | 1:326,588 | 6,634 |
| Sweden | 546 | 1:18,034 | 1,512 |
| Bahrain | 544 | 1:2,479 | 388 |
| Greece | 443 | 1:25,011 | 3,730 |
| Cambodia | 355 | 1:43,626 | 1,749 |
| Somaliland | 336 | 1:10,417 | 639 |
| Oman | 285 | 1:12,940 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Tunisia | 215 | 1:2,840 | 382 |
| Nigeria | 211 | 1:839,539 | 37,032 |
| Canada | 202 | 1:182,404 | 18,127 |
| Cameroon | 183 | 1:113,492 | 13,142 |
| Germany | 162 | 1:496,947 | 42,561 |
| England | 151 | 1:368,994 | 26,171 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Netherlands | 117 | 1:144,335 | 21,873 |
| France | 105 | 1:632,597 | 82,532 |
| Australia | 69 | 1:391,242 | 31,907 |
| Brazil | 60 | 1:3,567,906 | 100,128 |
| Mauritania | 47 | 1:87,125 | 5,595 |
| Norway | 43 | 1:119,588 | 15,719 |
| Spain | 41 | 1:1,140,294 | 40,056 |
| Austria | 32 | 1:266,107 | 30,958 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Cyprus | 21 | 1:42,137 | 4,231 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Romania | 20 | 1:1,003,894 | 52,576 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Mousa (299,525) may also be a first name.
Mousa Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A surname of Arabic origin. It is the Muslim version of "Moses", which means 'son'.
- mukaibaMousa Demographics
Average Male Mousa Height
175.71 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mousa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mousa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mousa (Arabic: موسي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺳﻰ, Hindi: मौसा, Russian: Моуса) is carried by more people in Iraq than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mousa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mousa is the 930th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,725 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Mousa are found; 65 percent are found in West Asia and 53 percent are found in Levant. Mousa is also the 3,497th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 299,525 people.
The last name is most common in Iraq, where it is carried by 151,475 people, or 1 in 231. Outside of Iraq this surname is found in 109 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 23 percent are found and Syria, where 16 percent are found.
Mousa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mousa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mousa surname increased 23,880 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,157 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mousa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Shiite (31%) in Lebanon and Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Mousa are 4.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.26% registered with the political party.
The amount Mousa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 10.19% more than the national average, earning 381,356 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 29.14% less than the national average, earning R 168,384 per year; in United States they earn 11.83% more than the national average, earning $48,254 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.17% more than the national average, earning $49,769 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mousa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mousa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺳﻰ | mwsy | 80.49 |
| ﻣﻮﺳﻲ | mwsy | 14.63 |
| ﻣﻮﺱ | mws | 4.88 |
| Mousa in the Hindi language | ||
| मौसा | mausa | 50 |
| मूसा | musa | 50 |
| Mousa in the Russian language | ||
| Моуса | mousa | - |
| Mousa in the Arabic language | ||
| موسي | mwsy | - |
| موسى | mwsy | - |
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Footnotes
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