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
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
| 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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