Elmoctar Surname
Approximately 1,544 people bear this surname
Elmoctar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,343 | 1:3,049 | 376 |
| Niger | 112 | 1:171,357 | 6,128 |
| Burkina Faso | 64 | 1:286,752 | 5,245 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Elmoctar (1,037) may also be a first name.
Elmoctar Demographics
Average Elmoctar Salary in
United States
$35,554 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Elmoctar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elmoctar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elmoctar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elmoctar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Elmoctar is the 255,521st most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,719,913 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elmoctar live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 249,034th most commonly held first name globally, held by 1,037 people.
This last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 1,343 people, or 1 in 3,049. In Mauritania Elmoctar is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 29 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 25 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 7 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 4 percent are found.
Elmoctar Last Name Statistics demography
Elmoctar earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.6% less than the national average, earning $35,554 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmouctar | 94 | 38 | / |
| Elmoctare | 94 | 1 | / |
| Elmocktar | 94 | 1 | / |
| Elmockhtar | 89 | 8 | / |
| Elmouctare | 89 | 1 | / |
| Elmouchtar | 89 | 1 | / |
| Elmoktar | 88 | 183 | / |
| Ilmoctar | 88 | 4 | / |
| Elmactar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Elmokhtar | 82 | 1,601 | / |
| Elmouktar | 82 | 41 | / |
| Ilmouctar | 82 | 27 | / |
| Elmohktar | 82 | 1 | / |
| Elmoktare | 82 | 1 | / |
| Elmoukhtar | 78 | 313 | / |
| Elmokhtare | 78 | 4 | / |
| Ellmouktar | 78 | 1 | / |
| El'moukhtar | 74 | 1 | / |
| Elmoukhtarr | 74 | 1 | / |
| Elmoukhtare | 74 | 1 | / |
| Elmukhtar | 71 | 25 | / |
| Ilmouktar | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ilmmouktar | 67 | 1 | / |
Elmoctar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elmoctar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭ | almkhtar | 97.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺨﻄﺎﺭ | almkhtar | 2.49 |
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 0.18 |
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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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Elmoctar
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