Alkatab Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Alkatab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alkatab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger221:872,36419,806
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Alkatab (14) may also be a first name.

Alkatab Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alkatab is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alkatab? popularity and diffusion

Alkatab is the 3,432,070th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Alkatab live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.

The surname is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 872,364. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 73 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 27 percent reside. Besides Niger this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 15 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent reside.

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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 Alkatab
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