Moctari Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Moctari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 82 | 1:234,049 | 7,581 |
| Mauritania | 70 | 1:58,498 | 4,137 |
| Burkina Faso | 26 | 1:705,850 | 8,321 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Moctari (162) may also be a first name.
Moctari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moctari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moctari (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺨﻄﺎﺭﻱ) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Moctari.
How Common Is The Last Name Moctari? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,222,957th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Moctari reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Moctari is also the 720,105th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 162 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 234,049. In Niger Moctari is mostly found in: Agadez Region, where 37 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 21 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 37 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moctari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moctari in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺨﻄﺎﺭﻱ | mkhtary | 52.38 |
| ﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭﻱ | mkhtary | 33.33 |
| ﻣﺨﻄﺎﺭ | mkhtar | 9.52 |
| ﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭﻯ | mkhtary | 4.76 |
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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 Moctari
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