Musafar Surname

136,362nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Musafar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musafar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan3,1261:10,286720
Pakistan601:2,977,39824,221
Indonesia581:2,280,159138,233
United States191:19,076,786604,894
India81:95,883,173728,828
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Musafar (2,040) may also be a first name.

Musafar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Musafar (Hindi: मुसाफर, Marathi: मुसफर) is found in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Musafar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 136,362nd most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,213,714 people. The surname Musafar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Musafar are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 167,053rd most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 2,040 people.

Musafar is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 3,126 people, or 1 in 10,286. In Afghanistan it is mostly concentrated in: Kunar, where 35 percent live, Nangarhar, where 30 percent live and Kabul, where 14 percent live. Excluding Afghanistan this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Musafar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Musafar surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Musafar earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.2% more than the national average, earning $43,236 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Musafar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Musafar in the Hindi language
मुसाफरmusaphara83.33
मुसफरmusaphara16.67
Musafar in the Marathi language
मुसफरmusaphara61.11
मुसाफरmusaphara33.33
मुसफारmusaphara5.56

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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 Musafar
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