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
The last name Moustave (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moustave? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Moustave reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Moustave is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Moustave is most prevalent in: Brakna Region, where 64 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 36 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania Moustave exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 8 percent are found and France, where 8 percent are found.
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 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Moustave
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis