El Mourtada Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Mourtada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Mourtada Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania131:314,98913,616
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
France31:22,140,907385,998

El Mourtada (10) may also be a first name.

El Mourtada Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Mourtada (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺮﺗﻀﻰ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El Mourtada click here.

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

This last name is the 4,427,875th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of El Mourtada live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.

This last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania it is most common in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 85 percent live, Adrar Region, where 8 percent live and Trarza Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Mauritania El Mourtada occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 20 percent live and France, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

El Mourtada Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mourtada in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺮﺗﻀﻰalmrtdy71.43
ﺍﻟﻤﺮﺗﻀﻲalmrtdy28.57

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Footnotes

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