Muftau Surname

58,248th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,686 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Muftau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muftau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8,6751:20,4201,863
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Muftau (11,349) may also be a first name.

Muftau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muftau has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muftau? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 58,248th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 838,999 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muftau are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Muftau is also the 56,278th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 11,349 people.

Muftau is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8,675 people, or 1 in 20,420. In Nigeria Muftau is most numerous in: Oyo, where 35 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Kwara, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.

Muftau Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (90%) in Nigeria.

Muftau earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 61.72% more than the national average, earning $69,781 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muftahu922,903/
Mufftau9210/
Musftau927/
Muftaiu925/
Mufthau925/
Muuftau922/
Mmuftau921/
Mufta91160/
Muftu9111/
Mufphtau861/
Muftah8317,142/
Miftau83100/
Moufta8316/
Muftai839/
Mufthu838/
Musfta836/
Mufhtu835/
Muftha834/
Muftuh834/
Muftaz834/
Muftat834/
Muftaj834/
Muftaa831/
Mufteu831/
Mouftah771,424/
Miftahu77172/
Muphtau7731/
Muftiya778/
Muftaha773/
Muftaio773/
Mouftou772/
Muftaas771/
Mifta7311,983/
Mubta736/
Muvtu732/
Muvta731/
Muwtu731/
Muftiyah7130/
Mouftahe7110/
Moufteia714/
Muphtahu711/
Miftah6735,346/
Miftha67399/
Muftee6765/
Muftahova675/
Muftie673/
Miftaj671/
Mifthu671/
Miftay671/
Muftij671/
Mufthiyaz671/
Muftey671/
Muvtaj671/

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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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  • 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 Muftau
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