Al Moctar Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Al Moctar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Al Moctar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger1051:182,7816,371
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Al Moctar (103) may also be a first name.

Al Moctar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Al Moctar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ) is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Moctar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Al Moctar is the 1,775,494th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Al Moctar are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 103 people.

The surname Al Moctar is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 182,781. In Niger Al Moctar is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 37 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 24 percent live and Agadez Region, where 22 percent live. Excluding Niger Al Moctar occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Mouctar9518/
Al Moktar8918/
Al Mokhtar84845/
Al Mouktar842/
Al Mokthar841/
Al-Mochtar841/
Al Moukhtar804/
Al Muqtar784/
Al Muktar781/
Al Mukhtar745,139/
Al-Mokhtar74228/
Al-Muchtar743/
Al Mauktar741/
Al Mukhtarh70121/
Al-Moukhtar701/
Al-Muktar6726/
Al-Mukhtar634,571/
Al-Mukthar631/
Al-Muktaar631/
Al-Mukhtaar602/
Al-Mukhtarová554/
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Al Moctar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Al Moctar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭalmkhtar-

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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 Al Moctar
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