Keitar Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Keitar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Keitar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keitar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keitar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻴﻄﺎﺭ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keitar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Keitar live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Keitar is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Adrar Region, where 67 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 27 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania Keitar is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 45 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keitar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keitar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻴﻄﺎﺭ | khytar | 50 |
| ﺧﻴﺘﺎﺭ | khytar | 50 |
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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 Keitar
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