El Moktar Surname

244,515th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,629 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Moktar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Moktar 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
Mauritania1,6231:2,523311
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

El Moktar (489) may also be a first name.

El Moktar Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Moktar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

El Moktar is the 244,515th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,473,632 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Moktar are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. El Moktar is also the 384,341st most commonly used given name globally It is held by 489 people.

El Moktar is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 1,623 people, or 1 in 2,523. In Mauritania El Moktar is most frequent in: Assaba Region, where 46 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 22 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 0 percent are found and Algeria, where 0 percent are found.

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 Mokhtar9520,298/
El Mouktar9528/
El Mocktar9523/
El Moktare957/
El Mohktar954/
El Mokthar952/
El Moukhtar901,458/
El Mokhtare9020/
El Moucktar907/
El Mockhtar904/
El Mookhtar902/
El Mokhtaïr901/
El Mochktar901/
El Mokhtair901/
El Moctar8918,197/
El-Moktar897/
El Muktar891/
El Mektar891/
El Moukhtair863/
El Moukhtare861/
El Mouctar84254/
El-Mokhtar84223/
El Mukhtar84123/
El Mekhtar8419/
El Makhtar8417/
El Moctare843/
El-Mouktar841/
El Moctair841/
El Moukhtaire821/
El Mokhteir803/
El Moukteir803/
El-Moukhtar802/
El Mouctair801/
El Mokhteur801/
El Moucthar801/
El-Moctar7869/
El Mactar782/
El Moukhteur7611/
El Moukhteir764/
El-Mukhtar743/
El Mekhteir708/
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El Moktar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Moktar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭalmkhtar97.55
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﻄﺎﺭalmkhtar1.75
ﺍﻻﻣﻴﻦalamyn0.18
ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺘﺎﺭalmhtar0.18
ﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭmkhtar0.18
ﺍﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭaalmkhtar0.18
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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Moktar
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