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 most frequently in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keitar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Keitar live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Keitar is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania Keitar is most numerous in: Adrar Region, where 67 percent live, Assaba Region, where 27 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 45 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.
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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