Moustapha
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Moustapha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country, where it is the 11th most common given name.
- SNSenegal≈1 in 137(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 1.4K
- MAMorocco≈1 in 4.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Senegal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 242 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 137 (inferred from the name graph)
≈120,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Senegal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Moustapha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN Senegal | #11 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 137 | 87 | Moustapha | 72 |
| TD Chad | #6 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 493 | 1 | Moustapha | 22 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | — | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 948 | — | Moustapha | 27 |
| CM Cameroon | #128 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Moustapha | 23 |
| MA Morocco | #510 | ≈8,300 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Moustapha | 51 |
| ES Spain | — | 2,189 | 1 in 23K | 2.2K | Moustapha | 43 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); ANGE — 2025 senatorial election ballots (BULLETIN DE VOTE). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Moustapha Niasseb. 1939SNSenegalese politician
- Mouss Dioufb. 1964SNnot in their usual nameFrench actor, comedian and humorist (1964–2012)
- Koutoubou Moustapha Sanob. 1966GNGuinean politician and academic
- Moosb. 1974FRnot in their usual nameFrench singer
- Diomansy Kamarab. 1980FRnot in their usual nameSenegalese-French footballer (born 1980)
- Moustapha Salifoub. 1983TGTogolese association football player
- Moustapha Bayal Sallb. 1985SNSenegalese footballer
- Moustapha Fallb. 1992FRFrench basketball player (born 1992)
- Moustapha Mbowb. 2000SNSenegalese association football player
- Moustapha Cisséb. 2003GNGuinean footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 59 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 63 | #38,154 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 63 | #37,783 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Moustapha a male or female name?
- Moustapha is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Moustapha?
- In the etymology graph, Mustafa, Mostafa and Mustapha are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Moustapha have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 115 thousand people named Moustapha in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled moustapha.
- How common is the name Moustapha?
- In Spain, the national register counted 2,189 people named Moustapha, about 1 in 23 thousand residents.
- How common is Moustapha compared with other names?
- In Senegal, Moustapha is the 11th most common given name of 3,375 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/moustaphaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Moustapha” — the 11th most common given name in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.