Moctare Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Moctare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Moctare (224) may also be a first name.
Moctare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moctare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moctare (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭﻩ) is found most frequently in Niger. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moctare? popularity and diffusion
Moctare is the 8,968,613th most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moctare live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Moctare is also the 601,629th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 224 people.
The surname Moctare is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 9,596,008. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Niamey Capital District, where 50 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 50 percent reside. Not including Niger Moctare is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moctare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moctare in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭﻩ | mkhtarh | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭﻩ | almkhtarh | 33.33 |
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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 Moctare
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