Muktaru Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Muktaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 346 | 1:511,973 | 25,378 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Muktaru (591) may also be a first name.
Muktaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muktaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muktaru (Bengali: মুক্তারু, Hindi: मुक्तारू, Marathi: मुारु) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muktaru? popularity and diffusion
It is the 793,288th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. Muktaru is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muktaru are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 344,079th most numerous given name internationally It is held by 591 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 511,973. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 50 percent reside, Sokoto, where 17 percent reside and Kwara, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Muktaru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Muktaru in the Bengali language | ||
| মুক্তারু | muktaru | - |
| Muktaru in the Marathi language | ||
| मुारु | muaru | - |
| Muktaru in the Hindi language | ||
| मुक्तारू | muktaru | 50 |
| मुक्तारु | muktaru | 50 |
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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 Muktaru
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