Mustafa Surname

358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,428,632 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Sudan

Mustafa Surname User-submission:

This is a Turkified version of the Arabic name 'مُصْطَفَى'(muṣṭafâ). It means 'choosen'.

Mustafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan437,5151:40859
Sudan342,7221:10913
Egypt240,8881:38233
Nigeria96,0501:1,844244
India41,8311:18,3371,438
Bangladesh31,2711:5,096472
Saudi Arabia23,6521:1,305127
Tanzania22,4371:2,360312
Indonesia20,0621:6,592854
Afghanistan19,1951:1,675205
Libya19,1591:32654
Bulgaria17,3141:40347
Iraq9,3111:3,761396
Kosovo9,2511:20120
Ethiopia7,8881:12,3661,801
United Arab Emirates7,7921:1,176137
Malaysia7,1601:4,119602
Malawi5,9341:2,885359
United States5,4611:66,3727,746
England5,1041:10,9171,607
Mozambique4,9441:5,5141,220
Kenya3,7971:12,1621,522
Somalia2,7941:4,815411
Qatar2,7681:85249
Israel2,3951:3,573490
Angola2,3661:11,4071,401
DR Congo2,3261:31,7623,949
Kazakhstan2,1411:8,2591,270
Spain1,9791:23,6242,519
Kuwait1,8991:2,001255
North Macedonia1,8911:1,111184
Argentina1,7921:23,8521,993
Romania1,7011:11,8041,519
Albania1,6621:1,753280
Sweden1,5351:6,415588
Morocco1,4651:23,5333,669
Brazil1,3581:157,6396,067
Bahrain1,3521:997124
Oman1,2241:3,013447
Syria1,2141:15,8991,243
Serbia1,2011:5,949723
Sri Lanka1,1691:17,8002,457
Philippines1,0541:96,05116,732
Canada8791:41,9185,214
Uganda8361:46,6985,758
Germany7541:106,77113,187
Australia6671:40,4735,222
Dominican Republic6321:16,5081,155
Turkey5081:153,19212,049
Thailand4781:147,77923,308
Russia4651:309,94231,530
Ukraine4381:103,93314,873
France4101:162,00725,225
Greece3961:27,9794,281
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Switzerland3311:24,8123,898
Northern Cyprus2911:1,09684
Belgium2901:39,6446,486
Bolivia2621:40,5212,430
Netherlands2501:67,54911,526
Iran2341:328,13022,485
Algeria2311:167,23621,100
Norway2311:22,2612,897
Denmark2291:24,6492,517
Azerbaijan2061:46,8402,148
Singapore2011:27,4021,053
Lebanon1991:28,3272,991
South Africa1841:294,44428,524
Venezuela1801:167,8004,960
Austria1611:52,8918,326
Slovenia1611:15,4513,627
Mexico1481:838,69111,929
Hong Kong1411:52,025927
Jordan1341:65,9885,788
Zimbabwe1101:140,34818,198
Ecuador901:176,7327,513
Italy881:694,96259,648
Scotland881:60,8394,966
Wales871:35,5693,540
Croatia801:52,85810,072
Finland781:70,4717,855
Uzbekistan761:406,96210,029
Colombia741:645,5967,782
Cyprus731:12,1221,394
New Zealand641:70,75510,593
Brunei621:6,754919
Moldova511:69,8319,325
Kyrgyzstan501:119,45313,745
Poland461:826,27764,341
Czechia441:241,67033,051
Belarus341:279,44332,011
Chile331:533,83313,415
Palestine301:151,6288,274
Peru291:1,096,00419,774
Guyana281:27,2223,043
China271:50,641,5392,733
Panama271:144,8984,800
United States Virgin Islands261:4,245679
Bosnia and Herzegovina241:147,3509,891
Malta241:17,9281,021
Paraguay241:301,5314,820
Ireland211:224,2358,707
Montenegro211:30,4552,601
Hungary191:516,64632,401
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Trinidad and Tobago131:104,9216,882
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Maldives111:36,7432,003
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
South Sudan91:1,268,3421,210
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Georgia71:535,07818,425
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Benin51:2,067,12068,069
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
Eritrea41:1,187,975480
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Burkina Faso31:6,117,36722,156
Cuba31:3,840,90513,116
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Comoros11:749,524685
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

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'.

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Mustafa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mustafa (Arabic: لمصطفى, Bengali: মুস্তাফা, Hindi: मुस्तफा, Marathi: मुसतफा, Oriya: ମୁାଫା, Russian: Мустафа, Tibetan: མུཤ་ཏ་ཕ་) occurs most in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant: Mustafá or Mustafà. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mustafa.

How Common Is The Last Name Mustafa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mustafa is the 358th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,101 people. The last name Mustafa is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Mustafa live; 42 percent live in North Africa and 42 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Mustafa is also the 166th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 3,009,704 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 437,515 people, or 1 in 408. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Punjab, where 66 percent reside, Sindh, where 21 percent reside and Balochistan, where 6 percent reside. Other than Pakistan this surname occurs in 160 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 24 percent reside and Egypt, where 17 percent reside.

Mustafa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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 surname are 5.49% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.72% being registered with the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mustafá9546/
Mustafà955/
Moustafa93144,939/
Musthafa9330,494/
Mustafah939,212/
Mustaffa934,529/
Mustafha933,688/
Mustafaj932,810/
Mustafai931,734/
Mushtafa93655/
Mustafaa93544/
Mustafat93162/
Mmustafa93125/
Musstafa9389/
Mustapfa9352/
Mustahfa9341/
Musttafa9332/
Musztafa9331/
Mustafap9327/
Maustafa9326/
Muustafa9323/
Mustaafa9322/
Hmustafa9314/
Mustafas9313/
Mustatfa9313/
Muhstafa9313/
Mustasfa9312/
Mustafad9311/
Muistafa9311/
Mustafau9311/
Mhustafa9310/
Mustaifa939/
Mustafay936/
Mustazfa933/
Mustafaz933/
Meustafa932/
Muystafa932/
Mustaufa931/
Mgustafa931/
Mustafga931/
Mujstafa931/
Mustadfa931/
Mutstafa931/
Mustayfa931/
Mustafea931/
Mutafa92868/
Musthaffa88729/
Moustafaa88183/
Mustafaha88102/
Mushthafa8876/
Mustafaah8842/
Moustaffa8833/
Musthafaa8823/
Moustafas8822/
Mustafpha8814/
Mustaffah8813/
Musthafah888/
Mousstafa888/
Mustaafaa887/
Musthafap887/
Mustaffai887/
Moustafha885/
Mustaphfa885/
Mmoustafa885/
Mushtafai884/
Mustafach884/
Mou'stafa884/
Musttaffa884/
Musthafha883/
Musthafat883/
Moustafah883/
Mustahfah883/
Mustaffaa882/
Mustafaiz882/
Mousthafa882/
Moustasfa881/
Mushtaffa881/
Mushtatfa881/
Mustadffa881/
Mustafaij881/
Mustafeha881/
Mustatfat881/
Moustafga881/
Moustahfa881/
Mustapfah881/
Mustaaffa881/
Moustafai881/
Mustafahp881/
Mustafaph881/
Muysstafa881/
Mustaffha881/
Mustayfah881/
Musstafga881/
Mustafaaa881/
Mustafaja881/
Mmustaffa881/
Mostafa861,096,096/
Mustofa8691,521/
Mustefa8672,407/
Mustafi869,982/
Mustafe867,718/
Muttafa86135/
Mustafy86105/
Mujtafa8676/
Mustafo8659/
Muztafa8657/
Mistafa8651/
Moutafa8648/
Muitafa8614/
Mutaffa868/
Mustafé866/
Muthafa865/
Mutafat865/
Mudtafa864/
Muhtafa862/
Mutasfa861/
Mutaufa861/
Mutafaa861/
Mutafha861/
Mustafj861/
Moustahfad824/
Mustafaova821/
Musthafapp821/
Mustahaffa821/
Mustafaaaa821/
Mustapha80483,467/
Musthofa807,129/
Mustafiz806,937/
Mostafaa802,176/
Mustofah801,003/
Mustafid80956/
Mostaffa80560/
Moustafi80551/
Mustafij80429/
Mosstafa80247/
Mostaafa80214/
Moostafa80161/
Mustafit8091/
Mushtofa8058/
Mustoffa8043/
Mustaufi8040/
Mostafai8037/
Mustafer8030/
Mosthafa8029/
Musteffa8026/
Mustofai8022/
Mmustofa8015/
Mustafio8013/
Muttafat8012/
Musthafi8010/
Hmustofa809/
Moestafa809/
Mustafee809/
Mustopfa808/
Mustoofa808/
Mustafis805/
Mustaffi805/
Moshtafa804/
Mustafez804/
Mustafoi804/
Musttefa804/
Mosttafa804/
Mustafie803/
Mustofas803/
Mutaifah803/
Mistaffa803/
Mustefai803/
Mutasfah803/
Muustafi803/
Mustaffe803/
Mostahfa803/
Moustafe802/
Mostafha802/
Muittafa802/
Moustofa802/
Moutaffa802/
Mustafhá802/
Mustafoj801/
Muitaafa801/
Mustafiæ801/
Moustafo801/
Moutahfa801/
Mustuofa801/
Mustafei801/
Mustaffá801/
Mustafát801/
Mustahva801/
Musstefa801/
Mustefaï801/
Most'afa801/
Mostafay801/
Mostapfa801/
Mustefah801/
Motafa77229/
Mutofa7753/
Mutafo771/
Moustapha75100,819/
Moustoifa751,180/
Musthapha75857/
Moustafid75757/
Mushthofa75225/
Mustaphau75208/
Muistapha75177/
Musthofah7598/
Mustaphat7570/
Mustafeez7542/
Mustaapha7541/
Mustafich7537/
Musthofas7532/
Musstapha7532/
Mustaphaa7530/
Moesthafa7526/
Mustaphah7525/
Musttapha7524/
Maustapha7522/
Mushtapha7518/
Mustoifah7516/
Mustahpha7513/
Mmustapha7512/
Muustapha7512/
Mustatpha7512/
Mustafidh7510/
Mustafeed7510/
Musthafid759/
Mustaphha759/
Mutstapha758/
Mustaphga757/
Mushtafit755/
Mushtohfa755/
Mustaphea754/
Meustapha754/
Moustahfi754/
Mosttaffa754/
Moostaafa754/
Mustgapha753/
Mhustapha753/
Mustaffer752/
Mustaphai752/
Mustaphad752/
Mustafees752/
Mustaphas752/
Mustaphay751/
Mustafije751/
Muzstapha751/
Musztapha751/
Mgustapha751/
Mostafaaa751/
Moostafay751/
Mujstapha751/
Musthafij751/
Mustaffiz751/
Mossttafa751/
Mostaffai751/
Mustaipha751/
Mustaphaj751/
Mustafych751/
Mostofa7153,328/
Mostafi712,972/
Mistofa711,932/
Mostafe71971/
Moustahfid71587/
Mutapha71526/
Mmoustapha7119/
Muhtofa7118/
Mutavah7111/
Mutafei7111/
Mousstapha719/
Mostafá719/
Moustaapha718/
Mudtofa717/
Mustofi717/
Mustofo716/
Muztafi716/
Mistefa715/
Mousthapha715/
Mostafy715/
Mouystapha714/
Mosstaafaa714/
Moustaphga713/
Musthafeez712/
Mostafo712/
Moustahpha712/
Moustaphaa712/
Moustaphaz712/
Moustaphha712/
Moustaâpha712/
Moustoiffa712/
Mousdtapha712/
Mustaaphaa711/
Mustaphaph711/
Musthaphat711/
Mistafá711/
Moujstapha711/
Moustaphah711/
Mousztapha711/
Mootafa711/
Musthafeed711/
Mustofy711/
Mustahapha711/
Moustaphai711/
Mussstapha711/
Modtafa711/
Mostapha673,455/
Mustaphi67447/
Mustopha67305/
Mustaphe67219/
Moutapha67205/
Mustepha67160/
Mustaphy6769/
Moestofa6768/
Moustofy6763/
Mujtapha6757/
Musthofi6727/
Moostofa6721/
Muchtafi6720/
Mustofha6718/
Moustofi6711/
Mostoffa678/
Mostafij678/
Mistapha678/
Mutoifah675/
Mostaffe675/
Muttapha674/
Mutaphat674/
Mostafou674/
Mostafeh674/
Muhtoifa673/
Muutapha673/
Mostawfi672/
Musstaphaat672/
Mostafee672/
Moutafos672/
Moshtofa671/
Muthapha671/
Mustofit671/
Mudtapha671/
Moustaphaha671/
Moutafou671/
Mosstofa671/
Mostaffà671/
Mostaufi671/
Mutaphas671/
Mutheifa671/
Moustaaphaa671/

Mustafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mustafa in the Tibetan language
མུཤ་ཏ་ཕ་mushatapa-
Mustafa in the Hindi language
मुस्तफाmustapha96.27
मुसतफाmusatapha1.71
मुस्ताफाmustapha1.09
मूस्तफाmustapha0.42
मुस्तफ़ाmustafa0.26
मुस्ताफ़ाmustafa0.08
मुस्तुफाmustupha0.04
मुश्तफाmustapha0.02
़मुस्तफाmustapha0.01
मस्तफाmastapha0.01
मुस्त़फाmustapha0.01
मुस्ताफmustapha0.01
मूसतफाmusatapha0.01
मुस्तकाmustaka0
मु्स्तफाmustapha0
मुशतफाmusatapha0
मूुस्तफाmuustapha0
मुसताफाmusatapha0
मुस्तफााmustaphaa0
मुस्वफाmusvapha0
मुस्तफा़mustapha0
मुस्त्ाफाmustapha0
मुसतफ़ाmusatafa0
मुस्तफाज़्mustaphaz0
मुस्त्फाmustpha0
ूमुस्तफाumustapha0
मुस्तफmustapha0
मुस्ताकmustaka0
मूरतmurata0
Mustafa in the Oriya language
ମୁାଫାmuapha77.88
ମୁmu9.29
ମହmaha5.31
ମୁଉାଫାmuuapha1.33
ସୟଦsayada1.11
ମୁସତାଫାmusatapha0.66
େଶଖesakha0.44
େସଖesakha0.44
ମୁସତଫାmusatapha0.44
ମୁସାଫାmusapha0.22
ମୁନତାଜmunataja0.22
ମୂାଫାmuapha0.22
ମୁସତୁଫାmusatupha0.22
ହୁେସନhuesana0.22
ମୁକ୍ସାଫାmuksapha0.22
ମୁହ୍ାଫାmuhapha0.22
ମୁରେତଜାmuretaja0.22
Mustafa in the Marathi language
मुसतफाmusatapha58.57
मुसताफाmusatapha13.57
मुतवmutava9.29
मुसताफmusatapha2.86
मूसतफाmusatapha1.43
मुसलाmusala1.43
मुतजmutaja1.43
मुशताकmusataka1.43
मुसकानmusakana0.71
मुसाताफmusatapha0.71
मुसकाmusaka0.71
मुतजाmutaja0.71
मूशतफाmusatapha0.71
मुशताफाmusatapha0.71
मुसरफmusarapha0.71
मु्सतफाmusatapha0.71
मुसनलाmusanala0.71
मुटाबmutaba0.71
मुसाताफाmusatapha0.71
मुतारजाmutaraja0.71
Mustafa in the Bengali language
মুস্তাফাmustapha47.78
মুস্তফাmustapha34.44
মোস্তফাmostapha15.56
মূস্তাফাmustapha1.11
মোস্তাফাmostapha1.11
Mustafa in the Russian language
Мустафаmustafa-
Mustafa in the Arabic language
لمصطفىlmstfy-
المصطفيalmstfy-
بمصطفىbmstfy-
المصطفىalmstfy-
مسطفىmstfy-
مصطفmstf-
مصطفيmstfy-
مصطفىmstfy-

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