El Mouktar Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Mouktar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Mouktar 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
Mauritania261:157,4958,595
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

El Mouktar (13) may also be a first name.

El Mouktar Last Name Facts

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

El Mouktar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname El Mouktar is the 3,730,171st most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Mouktar are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. El Mouktar is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 13 people.

The surname El Mouktar is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 157,495. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 31 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 23 percent reside and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 23 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Niger, where 4 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 Moktar951,629/
El Moukhtar951,458/
El Moucktar957/
El Muktar951/
El Moukhtair913/
El Moukhtare911/
El Mokhtar9020,298/
El Mouctar90254/
El Mukhtar90123/
El Mocktar9023/
El Moktare907/
El Mohktar904/
El Mokthar902/
El-Mouktar901/
El Moukhtaire871/
El Mokhtare8620/
El Mockhtar864/
El Moukteir863/
El Mookhtar862/
El-Moukhtar862/
El Mouctair861/
El Mokhtair861/
El Moucthar861/
El Mochktar861/
El Mokhtaïr861/
El Moctar8418,197/
El-Moktar847/
El Moukhteur8211/
El Moukhteir824/
El-Mokhtar80223/
El Makhtar8017/
El-Mukhtar803/
El Moctare803/
El Moctair801/
El Mokhteir763/
El-Moctar7469/
El Mactar742/
El Mokhteur671/
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El Mouktar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mouktar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭalmkhtar95.65
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﻄﺎﺭalmkhtar4.35

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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 Mouktar
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