Moctarou Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Moctarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 64 | 1:299,875 | 9,026 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Moctarou (1,049) may also be a first name.
Moctarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moctarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moctarou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭ) is found most in Niger. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moctarou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,168,711th most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Moctarou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Moctarou is also the 247,268th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 1,049 people.
The last name is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 299,875. In Niger Moctarou is mostly found in: Tillabéri Region, where 50 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 38 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger Moctarou exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Benin, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouctarou | 94 | 251 | / |
| Mouchtarou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Moktarou | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mouctaro | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mactarou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mouktarou | 82 | 24 | / |
| Moctourou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mokhtarou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Muctaru | 80 | 2 | / |
| Moktaru | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mokhtaro | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mokhtarui | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mokhtarud | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokhtaroi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mukhtarou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mactarayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muktaru | 67 | 355 | / |
| Mouchtarai | 67 | 170 | / |
| Mokhtarost | 67 | 14 | / |
| Moktara | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mouchtaray | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muqtaru | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muktaro | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mugtaru | 67 | 1 | / |
Moctarou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moctarou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭ | yamkhtar | - |
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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 Moctarou
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