Mustafu Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mustafu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mustafu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mustafu (61) may also be a first name.

Mustafu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mustafu (Hindi: मुस्तफू) is most common in Zimbabwe. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mustafu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Mustafu is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Mustafu are found; 58 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mustafu is also the 1,257,960th most common forename in the world, held by 61 people.

The surname Mustafu is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,715,360. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 67 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 11 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 11 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Bulgaria, where 17 percent are found and Malawi, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mustafau9311/
Mutafu92220/
Mostafu8623/
Mutaifu863/
Mustaphu805/
Mostafou804/
Moutafou801/
Mostafeu801/
Mutofu7720/
Motafu771/
Mustaphau75208/
Motafuy718/
Mautofu714/
Motofu6222/
Motofuy574/

Mustafu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mustafu in the Hindi language
मुस्तफूmustaphu-

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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 Mustafu
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