Mektoub Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Mektoub Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mektoub 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
Algeria1021:378,74133,117
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Mektoub Last Name Facts

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

Mektoub is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mektoub? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,736,881st most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Mektoub is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mektoub live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Mahgreb.

The last name is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 378,741. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 91 percent live, Bouïra Province, where 4 percent live and Naâma Province, where 4 percent live. Beside Algeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

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
Mekhtoub93119/
Mektub929/
Mektup771/
Mekthup7130/
Mekthab7129/
Misktob717/
Megtab621/
Mekthap57667/
Mekhtaiv536/
Mektiyev533/
Mekhteiv531/
Mekhtiyev5043/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Mektoub
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