Moustaffa Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Moustaffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Moustaffa (63) may also be a first name.
Moustaffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moustaffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moustaffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ) occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Moustaffa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moustaffa? popularity and diffusion
Moustaffa is the 3,432,070th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Moustaffa are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 63 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 738,257. In Benin Moustaffa is most common in: Plateau Department, where 43 percent are found, Collines Department, where 21 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moustaffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moustaffa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ | mstfy | - |
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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 Moustaffa
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