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

Mouktarou is found most in Benin. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mouktarou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mouktarou is the 4,034,050th most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mouktarou reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mouktarou is also the 420,385th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 418 people.

The surname Mouktarou is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 795,046. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Alibori Department, where 77 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 15 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 8 percent are found. Not including Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 42 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.

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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
  • 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 Mouktarou
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