Moustaf Surname
Approximately 845 people bear this surname
Moustaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Lebanon | 273 | 1:20,649 | 2,482 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Moustaf (302) may also be a first name.
Moustaf Demographics
Moustaf Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Moustaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moustaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moustaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moustaf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 412,606th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,624,315 people. Moustaf is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Moustaf live; 54 percent live in North Africa and 54 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Moustaf is also the 506,891st most numerous forename globally, borne by 302 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is carried by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Outside of Egypt it occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 32 percent are found and Iraq, where 5 percent are found.
Moustaf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Maronite (54%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moustaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moustaf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ | almstf | 53.33 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻒ | mstf | 46.67 |
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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 Moustaf
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