The Mustapha surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 715 people carried this name — #32,236 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 61% from 445 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Mustapha.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Loire.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Mustapha live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
133 people named Mustapha are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. 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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Mustapha,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mamane 1966– · screenwriter -
Mamane 1966– · screenwriter
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Ernst Mustapha d. 1738 · house servant
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Kala Dewata 1925–2011 · teacher
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Abdul Raufu Mustapha 1954–2017 · political scientist
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Abolaji S. Mustapha 1962– · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mustapha.
- 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
- Mustafa 5,873 · 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
- Muti 266 · U.S. census
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