Moktary Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Moktary Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moktary Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Moktary Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Moktary Come From? nationality or country of origin

Moktary (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭﻱ) is found in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Moktary.

How Common Is The Last Name Moktary? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Moktary live; 50 percent live in North America and 25 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Canada, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 18,422,796. In Canada Moktary is most frequent in: Ontario, where 50 percent are found and Quebec, where 50 percent are found. Other than Canada it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found and Mauritania, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Moktary Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Moktary in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺨﺘﺎﺭﻱmkhtary-

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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 Moktary
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