Mourtala Surname
Approximately 3,303 people bear this surname
Mourtala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 3,245 | 1:5,914 | 513 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mourtala (24,208) may also be a first name.
Mourtala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mourtala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mourtala occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mourtala.
How Common Is The Last Name Mourtala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 135,976th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,206,341 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mourtala reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 32,805th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 24,208 people.
The surname Mourtala is most frequently held in Niger, where it is carried by 3,245 people, or 1 in 5,914. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 53 percent live, Maradi Region, where 21 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent live. Apart from Niger Mourtala occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Benin, where 1 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 Mourtala
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