El-Moctar Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
El-Moctar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 67 | 1:61,117 | 4,276 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
El-Moctar (47) may also be a first name.
El-Moctar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El-Moctar Come From? nationality or country of origin
El-Moctar is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name El-Moctar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,293,424th most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. El-Moctar occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of El-Moctar are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most common first name at a global level, borne by 47 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 61,117. In Mauritania El-Moctar is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 54 percent reside, Guidimagha Region, where 15 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 12 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Moctar | 89 | 18,197 | / |
| El-Moktar | 89 | 7 | / |
| El Mouctar | 84 | 254 | / |
| El-Mokhtar | 84 | 223 | / |
| El Mocktar | 84 | 23 | / |
| El Mochtar | 84 | 9 | / |
| El Moctare | 84 | 3 | / |
| El-Mouktar | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Moctair | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Moucktar | 80 | 7 | / |
| El Mockhtar | 80 | 4 | / |
| El-Moukhtar | 80 | 2 | / |
| El Moucthar | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Mochktar | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Mouctair | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Moktar | 78 | 1,629 | / |
| El Mactar | 78 | 2 | / |
| El Mojtar | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Mokhtar | 74 | 20,298 | / |
| El Mouktar | 74 | 28 | / |
| El Moktare | 74 | 7 | / |
| El Mohktar | 74 | 4 | / |
| El-Mukhtar | 74 | 3 | / |
| El Mokthar | 74 | 2 | / |
| El Moukhtar | 70 | 1,458 | / |
| El Mokhtare | 70 | 20 | / |
| El Mookhtar | 70 | 2 | / |
| El Mokhtair | 70 | 1 | / |
| El Mokhtaïr | 70 | 1 | / |
| El Moukhtair | 67 | 3 | / |
| El Muktar | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Moukhtare | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Moukhtaire | 64 | 1 | / |
| El Mukhtar | 63 | 123 | / |
| El Makhtar | 63 | 17 | / |
| El Moukteir | 60 | 3 | / |
| El Mokhteir | 60 | 3 | / |
| El Mokhteur | 60 | 1 | / |
| El Moukhteur | 57 | 11 | / |
| El Moukhteir | 57 | 4 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 El-Moctar
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