Moustave Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Moustave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Moustave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moustave Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moustave (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ) is most common in Mauritania. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moustave? popularity and diffusion
The surname Moustave is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Moustave reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
Moustave is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Moustave is most frequent in: Brakna Region, where 64 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 36 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 8 percent reside and France, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moustave Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moustave in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ | almstf | 57.14 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻒ | mstf | 28.57 |
| ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ | mstfy | 14.29 |
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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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