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) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moustaph? popularity and diffusion
The surname Moustaph is the 601,907th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Moustaph live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 182,630th most common first name worldwide, borne by 1,758 people.
This surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 443 people, or 1 in 9,243. In Mauritania Moustaph is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 18 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 13 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania Moustaph occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 13 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.
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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