Moustaph Surname
Approximately 516 people bear this surname
Moustaph Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 443 | 1:9,243 | 975 |
| Niger | 65 | 1:295,262 | 8,917 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Moustaph (1,758) may also be a first name.
Moustaph Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moustaph Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moustaph (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺼﻄﻒ) is found most in Mauritania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Moustaph click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moustaph? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moustaph is the 601,907th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. The surname Moustaph occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Moustaph reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 182,630th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 1,758 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 443 people, or 1 in 9,243. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 18 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 13 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 13 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moustaph Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moustaph in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺼﻄﻒ | mstf | 56.03 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ | almstf | 35.46 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰ | almstfy | 3.55 |
| ﻟﻠﻤﺼﻄﻒ | llmstf | 0.71 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺰﺿﻒ | almzdf | 0.71 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻲ | almstfy | 0.71 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﺘﻒ | almstf | 0.71 |
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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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- 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 Moustaph
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