Mustafa Surname
Approximately 1,428,632 people bear this surname
Mustafa Surname User-submission:
This is a Turkified version of the Arabic name 'مُصْطَفَى'(muṣṭafâ). It means 'choosen'.
Mustafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 437,515 | 1:408 | 59 |
| Sudan | 342,722 | 1:109 | 13 |
| Egypt | 240,888 | 1:382 | 33 |
| Nigeria | 96,050 | 1:1,844 | 244 |
| India | 41,831 | 1:18,337 | 1,438 |
| Bangladesh | 31,271 | 1:5,096 | 472 |
| Saudi Arabia | 23,652 | 1:1,305 | 127 |
| Tanzania | 22,437 | 1:2,360 | 312 |
| Indonesia | 20,062 | 1:6,592 | 854 |
| Afghanistan | 19,195 | 1:1,675 | 205 |
| Libya | 19,159 | 1:326 | 54 |
| Bulgaria | 17,314 | 1:403 | 47 |
| Iraq | 9,311 | 1:3,761 | 396 |
| Kosovo | 9,251 | 1:201 | 20 |
| Ethiopia | 7,888 | 1:12,366 | 1,801 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7,792 | 1:1,176 | 137 |
| Malaysia | 7,160 | 1:4,119 | 602 |
| Malawi | 5,934 | 1:2,885 | 359 |
| United States | 5,461 | 1:66,372 | 7,746 |
| England | 5,104 | 1:10,917 | 1,607 |
| Mozambique | 4,944 | 1:5,514 | 1,220 |
| Kenya | 3,797 | 1:12,162 | 1,522 |
| Somalia | 2,794 | 1:4,815 | 411 |
| Qatar | 2,768 | 1:852 | 49 |
| Israel | 2,395 | 1:3,573 | 490 |
| Angola | 2,366 | 1:11,407 | 1,401 |
| DR Congo | 2,326 | 1:31,762 | 3,949 |
| Kazakhstan | 2,141 | 1:8,259 | 1,270 |
| Spain | 1,979 | 1:23,624 | 2,519 |
| Kuwait | 1,899 | 1:2,001 | 255 |
| North Macedonia | 1,891 | 1:1,111 | 184 |
| Argentina | 1,792 | 1:23,852 | 1,993 |
| Romania | 1,701 | 1:11,804 | 1,519 |
| Albania | 1,662 | 1:1,753 | 280 |
| Sweden | 1,535 | 1:6,415 | 588 |
| Morocco | 1,465 | 1:23,533 | 3,669 |
| Brazil | 1,358 | 1:157,639 | 6,067 |
| Bahrain | 1,352 | 1:997 | 124 |
| Oman | 1,224 | 1:3,013 | 447 |
| Syria | 1,214 | 1:15,899 | 1,243 |
| Serbia | 1,201 | 1:5,949 | 723 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,169 | 1:17,800 | 2,457 |
| Philippines | 1,054 | 1:96,051 | 16,732 |
| Canada | 879 | 1:41,918 | 5,214 |
| Uganda | 836 | 1:46,698 | 5,758 |
| Germany | 754 | 1:106,771 | 13,187 |
| Australia | 667 | 1:40,473 | 5,222 |
| Dominican Republic | 632 | 1:16,508 | 1,155 |
| Turkey | 508 | 1:153,192 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 478 | 1:147,779 | 23,308 |
| Russia | 465 | 1:309,942 | 31,530 |
| Ukraine | 438 | 1:103,933 | 14,873 |
| France | 410 | 1:162,007 | 25,225 |
| Greece | 396 | 1:27,979 | 4,281 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Switzerland | 331 | 1:24,812 | 3,898 |
| Northern Cyprus | 291 | 1:1,096 | 84 |
| Belgium | 290 | 1:39,644 | 6,486 |
| Bolivia | 262 | 1:40,521 | 2,430 |
| Netherlands | 250 | 1:67,549 | 11,526 |
| Iran | 234 | 1:328,130 | 22,485 |
| Algeria | 231 | 1:167,236 | 21,100 |
| Norway | 231 | 1:22,261 | 2,897 |
| Denmark | 229 | 1:24,649 | 2,517 |
| Azerbaijan | 206 | 1:46,840 | 2,148 |
| Singapore | 201 | 1:27,402 | 1,053 |
| Lebanon | 199 | 1:28,327 | 2,991 |
| South Africa | 184 | 1:294,444 | 28,524 |
| Venezuela | 180 | 1:167,800 | 4,960 |
| Austria | 161 | 1:52,891 | 8,326 |
| Slovenia | 161 | 1:15,451 | 3,627 |
| Mexico | 148 | 1:838,691 | 11,929 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| Jordan | 134 | 1:65,988 | 5,788 |
| Zimbabwe | 110 | 1:140,348 | 18,198 |
| Ecuador | 90 | 1:176,732 | 7,513 |
| Italy | 88 | 1:694,962 | 59,648 |
| Scotland | 88 | 1:60,839 | 4,966 |
| Wales | 87 | 1:35,569 | 3,540 |
| Croatia | 80 | 1:52,858 | 10,072 |
| Finland | 78 | 1:70,471 | 7,855 |
| Uzbekistan | 76 | 1:406,962 | 10,029 |
| Colombia | 74 | 1:645,596 | 7,782 |
| Cyprus | 73 | 1:12,122 | 1,394 |
| New Zealand | 64 | 1:70,755 | 10,593 |
| Brunei | 62 | 1:6,754 | 919 |
| Moldova | 51 | 1:69,831 | 9,325 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 50 | 1:119,453 | 13,745 |
| Poland | 46 | 1:826,277 | 64,341 |
| Czechia | 44 | 1:241,670 | 33,051 |
| Belarus | 34 | 1:279,443 | 32,011 |
| Chile | 33 | 1:533,833 | 13,415 |
| Palestine | 30 | 1:151,628 | 8,274 |
| Peru | 29 | 1:1,096,004 | 19,774 |
| Guyana | 28 | 1:27,222 | 3,043 |
| China | 27 | 1:50,641,539 | 2,733 |
| Panama | 27 | 1:144,898 | 4,800 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 26 | 1:4,245 | 679 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24 | 1:147,350 | 9,891 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| Paraguay | 24 | 1:301,531 | 4,820 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Montenegro | 21 | 1:30,455 | 2,601 |
| Hungary | 19 | 1:516,646 | 32,401 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 13 | 1:104,921 | 6,882 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Maldives | 11 | 1:36,743 | 2,003 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Georgia | 7 | 1:535,078 | 18,425 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Mustafá (46) & Mustafà (5) are calculated separately.
Mustafa (3,009,704) may also be a first name.
Mustafa Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Turkified version of the Arabic name 'مُصْطَفَى'(muṣṭafâ). It means 'choosen'.
- metastaMustafa Demographics
Average Mustafa Salary in
United States
$43,552 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mustafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mustafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mustafa (Arabic: لمصطفى, Bengali: মুস্তাফা, Hindi: मुस्तफा, Marathi: मुसतफा, Oriya: ମୁାଫା, Russian: Мустафа, Tibetan: མུཤ་ཏ་ཕ་) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant: Mustafá or Mustafà. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mustafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 358th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,101 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Mustafa are found; 42 percent are found in North Africa and 42 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 166th most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 3,009,704 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 437,515 people, or 1 in 408. In Pakistan it is most common in: Punjab, where 66 percent live, Sindh, where 21 percent live and Balochistan, where 6 percent live. Besides Pakistan Mustafa occurs in 160 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 24 percent live and Egypt, where 17 percent live.
Mustafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (92%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (55%) in Kenya, Shiite (99%) in Lebanon, Muslim (94%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (73%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Mustafa last name are 5.49% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.72% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mustafa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 52.15% less than the national average, earning €14,369 per year; in Norway they earn 18.97% less than the national average, earning 280,432 kr per year; in Peru they earn 314.73% more than the national average, earning S/. 80,395 per year; in South Africa they earn 54.75% more than the national average, earning R 367,740 per year; in Colombia they earn 51.26% more than the national average, earning $34,340,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.93% more than the national average, earning $43,552 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.63% more than the national average, earning $49,995 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mustafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mustafa in the Tibetan language | ||
| མུཤ་ཏ་ཕ་ | mushatapa | - |
| Mustafa in the Hindi language | ||
| मुस्तफा | mustapha | 96.27 |
| मुसतफा | musatapha | 1.71 |
| मुस्ताफा | mustapha | 1.09 |
| मूस्तफा | mustapha | 0.42 |
| मुस्तफ़ा | mustafa | 0.26 |
| मुस्ताफ़ा | mustafa | 0.08 |
| मुस्तुफा | mustupha | 0.04 |
| मुश्तफा | mustapha | 0.02 |
| ़मुस्तफा | mustapha | 0.01 |
| मस्तफा | mastapha | 0.01 |
| मुस्त़फा | mustapha | 0.01 |
| मुस्ताफ | mustapha | 0.01 |
| मूसतफा | musatapha | 0.01 |
| मुस्तका | mustaka | 0 |
| मु्स्तफा | mustapha | 0 |
| मुशतफा | musatapha | 0 |
| मूुस्तफा | muustapha | 0 |
| मुसताफा | musatapha | 0 |
| मुस्तफाा | mustaphaa | 0 |
| मुस्वफा | musvapha | 0 |
| मुस्तफा़ | mustapha | 0 |
| मुस्त्ाफा | mustapha | 0 |
| मुसतफ़ा | musatafa | 0 |
| मुस्तफाज़् | mustaphaz | 0 |
| मुस्त्फा | mustpha | 0 |
| ूमुस्तफा | umustapha | 0 |
| मुस्तफ | mustapha | 0 |
| मुस्ताक | mustaka | 0 |
| मूरत | murata | 0 |
| Mustafa in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁାଫା | muapha | 77.88 |
| ମୁ | mu | 9.29 |
| ମହ | maha | 5.31 |
| ମୁଉାଫା | muuapha | 1.33 |
| ସୟଦ | sayada | 1.11 |
| ମୁସତାଫା | musatapha | 0.66 |
| େଶଖ | esakha | 0.44 |
| େସଖ | esakha | 0.44 |
| ମୁସତଫା | musatapha | 0.44 |
| ମୁସାଫା | musapha | 0.22 |
| ମୁନତାଜ | munataja | 0.22 |
| ମୂାଫା | muapha | 0.22 |
| ମୁସତୁଫା | musatupha | 0.22 |
| ହୁେସନ | huesana | 0.22 |
| ମୁକ୍ସାଫା | muksapha | 0.22 |
| ମୁହ୍ାଫା | muhapha | 0.22 |
| ମୁରେତଜା | muretaja | 0.22 |
| Mustafa in the Marathi language | ||
| मुसतफा | musatapha | 58.57 |
| मुसताफा | musatapha | 13.57 |
| मुतव | mutava | 9.29 |
| मुसताफ | musatapha | 2.86 |
| मूसतफा | musatapha | 1.43 |
| मुसला | musala | 1.43 |
| मुतज | mutaja | 1.43 |
| मुशताक | musataka | 1.43 |
| मुसकान | musakana | 0.71 |
| मुसाताफ | musatapha | 0.71 |
| मुसका | musaka | 0.71 |
| मुतजा | mutaja | 0.71 |
| मूशतफा | musatapha | 0.71 |
| मुशताफा | musatapha | 0.71 |
| मुसरफ | musarapha | 0.71 |
| मु्सतफा | musatapha | 0.71 |
| मुसनला | musanala | 0.71 |
| मुटाब | mutaba | 0.71 |
| मुसाताफा | musatapha | 0.71 |
| मुतारजा | mutaraja | 0.71 |
| Mustafa in the Bengali language | ||
| মুস্তাফা | mustapha | 47.78 |
| মুস্তফা | mustapha | 34.44 |
| মোস্তফা | mostapha | 15.56 |
| মূস্তাফা | mustapha | 1.11 |
| মোস্তাফা | mostapha | 1.11 |
| Mustafa in the Russian language | ||
| Мустафа | mustafa | - |
| Mustafa in the Arabic language | ||
| لمصطفى | lmstfy | - |
| المصطفي | almstfy | - |
| بمصطفى | bmstfy | - |
| المصطفى | almstfy | - |
| مسطفى | mstfy | - |
| مصطف | mstf | - |
| مصطفي | mstfy | - |
| مصطفى | mstfy | - |
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