Musafa Surname
Approximately 1,528 people bear this surname
Musafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 804 | 1:164,489 | 15,994 |
| Nigeria | 555 | 1:319,176 | 17,566 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Pakistan | 38 | 1:4,701,155 | 31,402 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Musafa (1,076) may also be a first name.
Musafa Demographics
Musafa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Musafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Musafa (Hindi: मुसाफा, Marathi: मुसाफा, Oriya: ମୁସଫା, Russian: Мусафа) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Musafa? popularity and diffusion
Musafa is the 257,677th most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,769,336 people. The surname Musafa is mostly found in Asia, where 54 percent of Musafa live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 243,657th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 1,076 people.
This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 804 people, or 1 in 164,489. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Central Java, where 43 percent live, West Java, where 30 percent live and East Java, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 36 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Musafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Musafa last name is principally Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Musafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Musafa in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁସଫା | musapha | - |
| Musafa in the Marathi language | ||
| मुसाफा | musapha | 88.89 |
| मुसाफ | musapha | 5.56 |
| मूसाफा | musapha | 5.56 |
| Musafa in the Hindi language | ||
| मुसाफा | musapha | 87.5 |
| मुसफा | musapha | 12.5 |
| Musafa in the Russian language | ||
| Мусафа | musafa | - |
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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 Musafa
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