Almoctar Surname
Approximately 2,929 people bear this surname
Almoctar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2,437 | 1:7,875 | 637 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| Burkina Faso | 136 | 1:134,942 | 3,649 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Almoctar (2,770) may also be a first name.
Almoctar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Almoctar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Almoctar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Almoctar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Almoctar is the 150,566th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,488,066 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Almoctar live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 138,753rd most common first name internationally It is held by 2,770 people.
The last name Almoctar is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 2,437 people, or 1 in 7,875. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 38 percent live, Agadez Region, where 30 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 15 percent live. Besides Niger Almoctar is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 11 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almouctar | 94 | 567 | / |
| Almoctare | 94 | 2 | / |
| Aalmoctar | 94 | 1 | / |
| Almoictar | 94 | 1 | / |
| Almoctarr | 94 | 1 | / |
| Almoctaar | 94 | 1 | / |
| Almocktar | 94 | 1 | / |
| Almmoctar | 94 | 1 | / |
| Almoucktar | 89 | 1 | / |
| Almoktar | 88 | 54 | / |
| Almactar | 88 | 47 | / |
| Almogtar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Almoctor | 88 | 1 | / |
| Almokhtar | 82 | 922 | / |
| Almouktar | 82 | 104 | / |
| Oulmoctar | 82 | 16 | / |
| Almactare | 82 | 1 | / |
| Almohktar | 82 | 1 | / |
| Almoukhtar | 78 | 29 | / |
| Almouktare | 78 | 8 | / |
| Almaktar | 75 | 27 | / |
| Almuktar | 75 | 22 | / |
| Almagtar | 75 | 19 | / |
| Almukhtar | 71 | 936 | / |
| Almuhktar | 71 | 16 | / |
| Almukthar | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oulmoktar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alhmuktar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Almaktare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oulmokhtar | 67 | 96 | / |
| Alhmukktar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oulmouktar | 67 | 1 | / |
Almoctar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Almoctar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ | almkhtar | - |
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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 Almoctar
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