Moctarou Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Moctarou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moctarou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger641:299,8759,026
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

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

Moctarou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Moctarou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,168,711th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Moctarou are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Moctarou is also the 247,268th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 1,049 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 299,875. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 50 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 38 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Benin, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Moctarou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Moctarou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﺎﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭyamkhtar-

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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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