Muktary Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Muktary Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muktary Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324

Muktary (56) may also be a first name.

Muktary Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muktary occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muktary? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,432,070th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Muktary live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Muktary is also the 1,321,957th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 56 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 55 percent reside, Niger, where 30 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 27 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 12 percent reside.

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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 Muktary
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