Murtar Surname

748,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Murtar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Murtar 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
Nigeria3791:467,39523,652
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Murtar (748) may also be a first name.

Murtar Last Name Facts

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

Murtar (Hindi: मुरतर, Marathi: मुरतार) is found most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murtar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 748,537th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name Murtar occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Murtar reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 300,583rd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 748 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 467,395. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 17 percent live, Zamfara, where 16 percent live and Kano, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

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
Murthar9243/
Murhtar9214/
Murtare9212/
Mourtar924/
Murtard921/
Murteard861/
Murthard861/
Mortar8335/
Mirtar8312/
Murtor831/
Morhtar779/
Morthar775/
Mortair771/
Mourtor770/
Mortor6722/
Mirtoor621/
Morthor621/
Morrtor620/
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Murtar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murtar in the Marathi language
मुरतारmuratara-
Murtar in the Hindi language
मुरतरmuratara60
मुर्तारmurtara20
मुरतारmuratara20

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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 Murtar
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