Moujtaba Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Moujtaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moujtaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1911:21,4391,911
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Moujtaba (50) may also be a first name.

Moujtaba Last Name Facts

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

Moujtaba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺠﺘﺒﻰ) is found most in Mauritania. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Moujtaba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moujtaba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Moujtaba is the 1,185,157th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moujtaba reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 50 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 21,439. In Mauritania Moujtaba is most numerous in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 55 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 20 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Mauritania Moujtaba occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 4 percent are found and Morocco, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Moujtaba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Moujtaba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺠﺘﺒﻰalmjtby62.16
ﺍﻟﻤﺠﺘﺒﻲalmjtby18.92
ﺍﻟﻤﺠﺘﺎﺏalmjtab8.11
ﻣﺠﺘﺒﻲmjtby5.41
ﺍﻟﻤﺸﺘﺎﺏalmshtab2.7
ﺍﻟﻤﺠﺘﺎﺑﻰalmjtaby2.7

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Moujtaba
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis