Moussa Surname
Approximately 1,447,642 people bear this surname
Moussa Surname User-submission:
A surname of Arabic origin. It is the Muslim version of "Moses", which means 'son'.
Moussa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 646,624 | 1:30 | 2 |
| Central African Republic | 221,631 | 1:20 | 1 |
| Chad | 173,118 | 1:79 | 5 |
| Cameroon | 126,408 | 1:164 | 4 |
| Egypt | 66,629 | 1:1,380 | 195 |
| Benin | 46,801 | 1:221 | 6 |
| Djibouti | 24,216 | 1:38 | 8 |
| Ivory Coast | 20,849 | 1:1,107 | 111 |
| Algeria | 19,366 | 1:1,995 | 209 |
| Mauritania | 15,219 | 1:269 | 34 |
| Mali | 11,616 | 1:1,461 | 147 |
| Togo | 11,130 | 1:651 | 36 |
| Comoros | 10,343 | 1:72 | 15 |
| Burkina Faso | 10,289 | 1:1,784 | 253 |
| Morocco | 8,315 | 1:4,146 | 447 |
| Libya | 5,109 | 1:1,222 | 327 |
| Madagascar | 4,269 | 1:5,540 | 1,134 |
| Sudan | 3,640 | 1:10,305 | 1,452 |
| Pakistan | 2,985 | 1:59,847 | 2,288 |
| Congo | 2,943 | 1:1,695 | 269 |
| United States | 2,458 | 1:147,461 | 15,219 |
| France | 1,613 | 1:41,180 | 5,161 |
| DR Congo | 1,375 | 1:53,731 | 6,473 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,092 | 1:8,390 | 1,046 |
| Gabon | 1,061 | 1:1,781 | 294 |
| Saudi Arabia | 914 | 1:33,759 | 4,846 |
| Canada | 856 | 1:43,044 | 5,342 |
| Australia | 752 | 1:35,899 | 4,722 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Brazil | 607 | 1:352,676 | 13,518 |
| Spain | 507 | 1:92,213 | 7,698 |
| Germany | 482 | 1:167,024 | 19,753 |
| England | 355 | 1:156,952 | 14,819 |
| Tunisia | 289 | 1:2,113 | 243 |
| Mauritius | 266 | 1:4,862 | 977 |
| Belgium | 259 | 1:44,389 | 7,232 |
| Sweden | 246 | 1:40,027 | 3,192 |
| Kuwait | 241 | 1:15,771 | 2,101 |
| Qatar | 168 | 1:14,036 | 1,554 |
| Thailand | 165 | 1:428,111 | 74,983 |
| Netherlands | 153 | 1:110,374 | 17,676 |
| Denmark | 137 | 1:41,202 | 4,292 |
| Senegal | 124 | 1:117,575 | 1,128 |
| Guinea | 123 | 1:96,210 | 842 |
| Greece | 117 | 1:94,699 | 15,986 |
| Venezuela | 111 | 1:272,109 | 6,511 |
| Argentina | 89 | 1:480,263 | 35,686 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Switzerland | 81 | 1:101,394 | 10,819 |
| Syria | 55 | 1:350,928 | 4,703 |
| Italy | 53 | 1:1,153,900 | 73,671 |
| Cyprus | 42 | 1:21,068 | 2,351 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Austria | 40 | 1:212,886 | 26,249 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Mexico | 35 | 1:3,546,463 | 24,778 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| Ireland | 28 | 1:168,176 | 7,397 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Lebanon | 22 | 1:256,231 | 9,426 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11 | 1:10,242 | 786 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Moùssà (1) are calculated separately.
Moussa (1,707,480) may also be a first name.
Moussa Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A surname of Arabic origin. It is the Muslim version of "Moses", which means 'son'.
- mukaibaMoussa Demographics
Average Moussa Salary in
United States
$50,820 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moussa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moussa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moussa (Arabic: موسا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺳﻰ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Moùssà. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moussa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moussa is the 356th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,034 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Moussa live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Chadic Africa. Moussa is also the 395th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 1,707,480 people.
It is the most frequent surname in one country:Central African Republic, where 15 percent are found. The last name Moussa is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 646,624 people, or 1 in 30. In Niger Moussa is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 23 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 21 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Niger this last name exists in 128 countries. It also occurs in Central African Republic, where 15 percent are found and Chad, where 12 percent are found.
Moussa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Moussa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Moussa last name expanded 40,967 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Moussa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Moussa surname are 1.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.27% registered with the political party.
The amount Moussa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 78.09% less than the national average, earning €6,579 per year; in Norway they earn 39.81% less than the national average, earning 208,291 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 170.79% more than the national average, earning R 643,500 per year; in United States they earn 17.78% more than the national average, earning $50,820 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.58% more than the national average, earning $50,967 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moussa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moussa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺳﻰ | mwsy | 83.58 |
| ﻣﻮﺳﻲ | mwsy | 14.52 |
| ﻣﻮﺳﻪ | mwsh | 0.09 |
| ﻣﻮﺳﺎ | mwsa | 0.05 |
| ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ | abrahym | 0.01 |
| ﺑﺎﻣﻮﺳﻰ | bamwsy | 0.01 |
| ﻣﻮﺳـــــﻰ | mwsy | 0.01 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻮﺳﻲ | almwsy | 0.01 |
| ﻋﺜﻤﺎﻥ | thman | 0.01 |
| ﺍﺷﻜﺎﻁ | ashkat | 0.01 |
| ﺍﺩﻭﻳﻚ | adwyk | 0.01 |
| ﻣﻮﺻﻰ | mwsy | 0.01 |
| Moussa in the Arabic language | ||
| موسا | mwsa | - |
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