El Mekhtar Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Mekhtar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Mekhtar 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
Mauritania151:272,99112,403
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251

El Mekhtar Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Mekhtar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 4,532,898th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Mekhtar live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

El Mekhtar is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Tagant Region, where 67 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 13 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 7 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 21 percent reside.

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 Mektar951/
El Mokhtar9020,298/
El Makhtar9017/
El Mekhteir868/
El Mockhtar864/
El Mokhtair861/
El Mokhtaïr861/
El Moktar841,629/
El Mectar845/
El Mekhteire821/
El-Mokhtar80223/
El Mocktar8023/
El Mohktar804/
El Mokthar802/
El Micktar801/
El Mokhteir763/
El Mokhteur761/
El-Moktar747/
El Mactar742/
El Moctair701/
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El Mekhtar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mekhtar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭalmkhtar81.82
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﻄﺎﺭalmkhtar18.18

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Mekhtar
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