Moustaphe Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Moustaphe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 114 | 1:35,920 | 2,863 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Moustaphe (1,533) may also be a first name.
Moustaphe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moustaphe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moustaphe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moustaphe? popularity and diffusion
Moustaphe is the 1,674,734th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname Moustaphe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moustaphe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Moustaphe is also the 198,089th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 1,533 people.
The last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 35,920. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 52 percent live, Assaba Region, where 11 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 10 percent live. Outside of Mauritania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moustaphe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moustaphe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ | almstf | 38.1 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻒ | mstf | 38.1 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻲ | mstfy | 4.76 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﺎﻑ | mstaf | 4.76 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻲ | almstfy | 4.76 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰ | almstfy | 3.17 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ | mstfy | 3.17 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﺎﻑ | almstaf | 3.17 |
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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 Moustaphe
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