Musatafa Surname

295,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,293 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Musatafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musatafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India9551:803,21036,012
Pakistan2511:711,72910,641
Nigeria461:3,850,930110,272
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Musatafa (1,810) may also be a first name.

Musatafa Last Name Facts

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

Musatafa (Bengali: মুসতফা, Hindi: मुसतफा, Marathi: समूसताफा, Oriya: ମୁସତାଫା) is found most frequently in India. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Musatafa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 295,000th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,636,153 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Musatafa live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 179,491st most common first name throughout the world It is held by 1,810 people.

The last name is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 955 people, or 1 in 803,210. In India Musatafa is mostly found in: Bihar, where 94 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 5 percent reside and Telangana, where 1 percent reside. Excluding India it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 19 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Musatafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Musatafa in the Bengali language
মুসতফাmusatapha-
Musatafa in the Hindi language
मुसतफाmusatapha78.26
मुसताफाmusatapha8.7
मूसतफाmusatapha4.35
मुस्ताफाmustapha4.35
मुस्तफाmustapha4.35
Musatafa in the Oriya language
ମୁସତାଫାmusatapha50
ମୁସତଫାmusatapha50
Musatafa in the Marathi language
समूसताफाsamusatapha25
मूसताफाmusatapha25
मूसतफाmusatapha25
मुसताफाmusatapha25

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Footnotes

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