Murtab Surname

472,684th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 709 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Murtab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Murtab Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq6971:50,2462,003
Yemen91:2,936,14415,216
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Murtab (1,305) may also be a first name.

Murtab Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murtab (Hindi: मुरताब) is most common in Iraq. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murtab? popularity and diffusion

Murtab is the 472,684th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 10,278,626 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Murtab live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Levant. Murtab is also the 217,752nd most widespread first name globally, borne by 1,305 people.

This surname is most numerous in Iraq, where it is held by 697 people, or 1 in 50,246. Not including Iraq it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 1 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murtaf83149/
Mirtab835/
Mortab832/
Murtaw831/
Murtap831/
Murtova7753/
Mihrtab772/
Murtafh771/
Murtaph770/
Murtaibova7513/
Mihrteab712/
Murtov6747/
Murtof670/
Murtow670/
Murtoff6291/
Mhortob621/
Morthav621/
Mourtoff571/
Mortov5057/
Mortow502/
Mortop501/
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Murtab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murtab in the Hindi language
मुरताबmurataba-

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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 Murtab
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