Moustapha Surname
Approximately 100,819 people bear this surname
Moustapha Surname User-submission:
This is a Turkified version of the Arabic name 'مُصْطَفَى'(muṣṭafâ). It means 'choosen'.
Moustapha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 51,608 | 1:263 | 23 |
| Niger | 29,890 | 1:642 | 106 |
| Cameroon | 7,811 | 1:2,659 | 300 |
| Benin | 3,893 | 1:2,655 | 323 |
| Egypt | 1,342 | 1:68,507 | 6,354 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,283 | 1:17,982 | 1,383 |
| Mauritania | 1,141 | 1:3,589 | 439 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Djibouti | 649 | 1:1,410 | 153 |
| Morocco | 613 | 1:56,242 | 9,319 |
| Gabon | 354 | 1:5,337 | 981 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| France | 191 | 1:347,763 | 52,251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| United States | 134 | 1:2,704,917 | 162,137 |
| Congo | 129 | 1:38,675 | 3,672 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Burkina Faso | 84 | 1:218,477 | 4,567 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| United Arab Emirates | 21 | 1:436,299 | 23,129 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Lebanon | 15 | 1:375,806 | 11,209 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Moustapha (314,006) may also be a first name.
Moustapha Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Turkified version of the Arabic name 'مُصْطَفَى'(muṣṭafâ). It means 'choosen'.
- metastaMoustapha Demographics
Average Moustapha Salary in
United States
$29,987 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moustapha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moustapha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moustapha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰ) is borne by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moustapha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,613th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 72,283 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Moustapha reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,331st most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 314,006 people.
It is most commonly used in Chad, where it is borne by 51,608 people, or 1 in 263. Without taking into account Chad this last name is found in 66 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 30 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
Moustapha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Moustapha last name are 4.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.69% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Moustapha earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 30.5% less than the national average, earning $29,987 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.39% less than the national average, earning $40,048 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moustapha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moustapha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰ | almstfy | 55.88 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ | mstfy | 29.14 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻲ | almstfy | 8.36 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻲ | mstfy | 3.34 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ | almstf | 1.14 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﺎﻑ | almstaf | 0.67 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﺎﻓﻲ | almstafy | 0.13 |
| ﺍﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ | amstfy | 0.07 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﺎﻓﻰ | mstafy | 0.07 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﺎﻓﻪ | mstafh | 0.07 |
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