The Mustafa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,873 people carried this name — #5,875 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,300 people counted. That is up 48% from 3,970 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,660 people named Mustafa live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,824 people named Mustafa live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,600 people named Mustafa live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
65 people named Mustafa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 321 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Mustafa.
Most of them — 48 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Drôme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
3,970 people named Mustafa are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Mustafa in American newspapers,
1922–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,570 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mustafa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mustafa Demir 1918–1987 · politician -
Mustafa Demir 1918–1987 · politician
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Bakari Mustafa d. 1999 · photographer
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Akhara Jussuf Mustafa d. 1982
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Belkıs Mustafa 1896–1925 · painter
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Belkıs Mustafa 1896–1925 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mustafa.
- Musial 1,838 · U.S. census
- Musielak 249 · U.S. census
- Musse 396 · U.S. census
- Mussi 192 · U.S. census
- Musso 2,794 · U.S. census
- Musson 1,244 · U.S. census
- Mustapha 715 · U.S. census
- Mustin 779 · U.S. census
- Musto 2,642 · U.S. census
- Muszynski 1,345 · U.S. census
- Mut 202 · U.S. census
- Muth 5,054 · U.S. census
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