Mouktarou Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Mouktarou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mouktarou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin131:795,04642,452
Niger101:1,919,20237,248
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Mouktarou (418) may also be a first name.

Mouktarou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mouktarou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mouktarou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mouktarou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mouktarou is also the 420,385th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 418 people.

This last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 795,046. In Benin it is mostly found in: Alibori Department, where 77 percent live, Borgou Department, where 15 percent live and Atakora Department, where 8 percent live. Apart from Benin Mouktarou is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 42 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.

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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 Mouktarou
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