Musaphar Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal

Musaphar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musaphar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Nepal51:5,696,19113,053
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Musaphar (79) may also be a first name.

Musaphar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Musaphar (Hindi: मुसाफर, Oriya: ମୁସଫର) is found most frequently in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Musaphar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Musaphar are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Musaphar is also the 1,083,225th most numerous given name world-wide, borne by 79 people.

This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is mostly found in: Madhya Pradesh, where 75 percent are found, Gujarat, where 13 percent are found and Rajasthan, where 13 percent are found. Outside of India this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 36 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Musaphar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Musaphar in the Hindi language
मुसाफरmusaphara94.74
मुसफरmusaphara5.26
Musaphar in the Oriya language
ମୁସଫରmusaphara20
ମୁଷାଫରmusaphara20
ମୁସାଫରmusaphara20
ମୁସଫାରmusaphara20
ମୁସଫର୍musaphar20

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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 Musaphar
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