Mustapha Surname
Approximately 483,467 people bear this surname
Mustapha Surname User-submission:
This is a Turkified version of the Arabic name 'مُصْطَفَى'(muṣṭafâ). It means 'choosen'.
Mustapha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 408,877 | 1:433 | 48 |
| Tanzania | 18,965 | 1:2,792 | 385 |
| Ghana | 11,361 | 1:2,378 | 380 |
| Sierra Leone | 10,509 | 1:675 | 127 |
| Morocco | 8,077 | 1:4,268 | 469 |
| Philippines | 6,768 | 1:14,958 | 1,647 |
| Malaysia | 3,708 | 1:7,954 | 950 |
| Algeria | 1,977 | 1:19,540 | 3,584 |
| Egypt | 1,830 | 1:50,238 | 4,917 |
| Chad | 1,829 | 1:7,431 | 1,045 |
| India | 1,244 | 1:616,612 | 29,519 |
| South Africa | 827 | 1:65,511 | 8,225 |
| United States | 770 | 1:470,726 | 40,023 |
| England | 758 | 1:73,507 | 8,376 |
| Saudi Arabia | 755 | 1:40,869 | 6,011 |
| Malawi | 549 | 1:31,182 | 4,677 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Canada | 363 | 1:101,503 | 11,010 |
| Iraq | 335 | 1:104,542 | 3,094 |
| Brazil | 296 | 1:723,224 | 26,468 |
| France | 294 | 1:225,928 | 35,048 |
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Liberia | 226 | 1:19,507 | 1,975 |
| United Arab Emirates | 193 | 1:47,473 | 4,835 |
| Yemen | 191 | 1:138,352 | 7,168 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 187 | 1:7,294 | 1,089 |
| Indonesia | 173 | 1:764,446 | 58,463 |
| Brunei | 148 | 1:2,829 | 491 |
| Germany | 130 | 1:619,273 | 49,237 |
| Australia | 117 | 1:230,732 | 21,761 |
| Singapore | 107 | 1:51,474 | 1,981 |
| Guyana | 98 | 1:7,778 | 1,257 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Uganda | 80 | 1:487,991 | 28,240 |
| Tunisia | 74 | 1:8,252 | 1,385 |
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| Denmark | 63 | 1:89,599 | 8,581 |
| Thailand | 55 | 1:1,284,334 | 183,539 |
| Sweden | 53 | 1:185,788 | 12,836 |
| Palestine | 52 | 1:87,478 | 6,579 |
| Spain | 49 | 1:954,123 | 36,393 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Ireland | 46 | 1:102,368 | 5,449 |
| Pakistan | 46 | 1:3,883,563 | 28,150 |
| Mauritius | 40 | 1:32,335 | 6,474 |
| Suriname | 38 | 1:14,543 | 3,502 |
| Jordan | 33 | 1:267,953 | 10,595 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Italy | 16 | 1:3,822,293 | 103,776 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| Iceland | 13 | 1:29,238 | 2,297 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Mustapha (1,093,855) may also be a first name.
Mustapha Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Turkified version of the Arabic name 'مُصْطَفَى'(muṣṭafâ). It means 'choosen'.
- metastaMustapha Demographics
Average Male Mustapha Height
173.85 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mustapha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mustapha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mustapha (Hindi: मुस्तफा, Marathi: तफा, Oriya: ମୁ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mustapha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mustapha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,112th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,074 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Mustapha live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mustapha is also the 787th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 1,093,855 people.
Mustapha is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 408,877 people, or 1 in 433. In Nigeria Mustapha is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 19 percent are found, Kano, where 11 percent are found and Yobe, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 107 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Mustapha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mustapha has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mustapha last name increased 3,080 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 10,829 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mustapha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Mustapha surname is primarily Christian (67%) in Kenya and Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Mustapha last name are 19.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72.9% being registered with the political party.
The amount Mustapha earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.58% more than the national average, earning R 343,572 per year; in Colombia they earn 24.33% less than the national average, earning $17,180,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.9% more than the national average, earning $46,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.71% less than the national average, earning $46,348 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mustapha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mustapha in the Hindi language | ||
| मुस्तफा | mustapha | 97.99 |
| मुस्ताफा | mustapha | 1.03 |
| मूस्तफा | mustapha | 0.73 |
| मुस्तफाा | mustaphaa | 0.12 |
| मुस्ताफ | mustapha | 0.06 |
| Mustapha in the Marathi language | ||
| तफा | tapha | 85.19 |
| तफ | tapha | 3.7 |
| ्तफा | tapha | 3.7 |
| मुसतफा | musatapha | 3.7 |
| ताफा | tapha | 3.7 |
| Mustapha in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁ | mu | 49.72 |
| ମହ | maha | 10.5 |
| େସଖ | esakha | 8.29 |
| ଫା | pha | 6.63 |
| େଶଖ | esakha | 6.63 |
| ମୁାଫା | muapha | 4.42 |
| ମୁସତଫା | musatapha | 4.42 |
| େଶଖ୍ | esakh | 3.31 |
| ସୟଦ | sayada | 1.1 |
| ସାୟାଦ | sayada | 0.55 |
| ମୁାଫ | muapha | 0.55 |
| ସାହିଦ | sahida | 0.55 |
| ମୁଶତଫା | musatapha | 0.55 |
| ମୂାଫା | muapha | 0.55 |
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