El Moctar Surname

29,454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Moctar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Moctar 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
Mauritania17,7591:23131
Mali3231:52,5361,331
Niger931:206,3666,908
Burkina Faso131:1,411,70012,072
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

El Moctar (10,753) 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 (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname El Moctar is the 29,454th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 400,481 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Moctar live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 58,374th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 10,753 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 17,759 people, or 1 in 231. In Mauritania El Moctar is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 19 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 15 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 2 percent reside and Niger, where 1 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 Mouctar95254/
El Mocktar9523/
El Mochtar959/
El Moctare953/
El Moctair951/
El Moucktar907/
El Mockhtar904/
El Moucthar901/
El Mouctair901/
El Mochktar901/
El Moktar891,629/
El-Moctar8969/
El Mactar892/
El Mojtar891/
El Mokhtar8420,298/
El Mouktar8428/
El Moktare847/
El Mohktar844/
El Mokthar842/
El Moukhtar801,458/
El Mokhtare8020/
El Mookhtar802/
El Mokhtair801/
El Mokhtaïr801/
El-Moktar787/
El Muktar781/
El Moukhtair763/
El Moukhtare761/
El-Mokhtar74223/
El Mukhtar74123/
El Makhtar7417/
El-Mouktar741/
El Moukhtaire731/
El Moukteir703/
El Mokhteir703/
El-Moukhtar702/
El Mokhteur701/
El Moukhteur6711/
El Moukhteir674/
El-Mukhtar633/
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El Moctar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Moctar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭalmkhtar97.22
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﻄﺎﺭalmkhtar2.51
ﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭmkhtar0.12
ﻟﻠﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭllmkhtar0.03
ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺘﺎﺭalmhtar0.03
ﺍﻟﺨﺘﺎﺭalkhtar0.03
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭﻱalmkhtary0.01
ﻟﻤﺮﺍﺑﻂlmrabt0.01
ﻣﺨﻄﺎﺭmkhtar0.01
ﺍﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭaalmkhtar0.01
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Footnotes

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