El Makhtar Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Makhtar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Makhtar 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
Mauritania131:314,98913,616
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251

El Makhtar Last Name Facts

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

El Makhtar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Makhtar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. El Makhtar is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Makhtar reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania El Makhtar is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 62 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 31 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 24 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
El Mokhtar9020,298/
El Mekhtar9019/
El Moukhtar861,458/
El Mokhtare8620/
El Mockhtar864/
El Mookhtar862/
El Mokhtair861/
El Mokhtaïr861/
El Moktar841,629/
El Mactar842/
El Mektar841/
El Moukhtair823/
El Moukhtare821/
El-Mokhtar80223/
El Mouktar8028/
El Mocktar8023/
El Mochtar809/
El Moktare807/
El Mohktar804/
El Mokthar802/
El Moukhtaire781/
El Mekhteir768/
El Moucktar767/
El Mokhteir763/
El-Moukhtar762/
El Mochktar761/
El Mokhteur761/
El Moctar7418,197/
El-Moktar747/
El Mojtar741/
El Moukhteur7311/
El Moukhteir734/
El Mouctar70254/
El Moctare703/
El-Mouktar701/
El Moctair701/
El Moukteir673/
El Moucthar671/
El Mouctair671/
El-Moctar6369/
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El Makhtar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Makhtar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭalmkhtar88.89
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﻄﺎﺭalmkhtar11.11

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  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Makhtar
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