Muqtaar Surname
Approximately 1,453 people bear this surname
Muqtaar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 1,421 | 1:9,467 | 683 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Muqtaar (1,065) may also be a first name.
Muqtaar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muqtaar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muqtaar is found in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muqtaar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 268,560th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,015,517 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Muqtaar live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Muqtaar is also the 245,186th most common forename globally, borne by 1,065 people.
The surname is most common in Somalia, where it is held by 1,421 people, or 1 in 9,467. Without taking into account Somalia Muqtaar is found in 11 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 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 Muqtaar
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