Muastafa Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Muastafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Muastafa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan661:2,706,72622,920
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Muastafa (10) may also be a first name.

Muastafa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Muastafa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Muastafa (Hindi: मुास्तफा) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Muastafa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,047,559th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Muastafa live; 81 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Muastafa is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held forename globally, borne by 10 people.

Muastafa is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 2,706,726. In Pakistan Muastafa is most numerous in: Punjab, where 89 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 8 percent live and Sindh, where 3 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muatafa9362/
Muostafa88433/
Mmuatafa881/
Muatafah881/
Muatafha881/
Muatafaj881/
Muastapha8247/
Muostafah821/
Muatapha75349/
Muostapha711/
Mwatofa671/
Mwatapha631/
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Muastafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Muastafa in the Hindi language
मुास्तफाmuastapha-

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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
  • 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 Muastafa
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