Around the globe, Mukhtar (Mukhtar 
, مختار 
, Мухтар 
) is a widespread principally masculine, but scarcely girly first name. The given name Mukhtar is habitual in Pakistan, where it is a common principally masculine, but very seldom girly name, Azerbaijan, where it is a common masculine name, and Libya, where it is quite a common masculine name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Pakistan, India, and Egypt. Likewise, Mukhtar is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Mukhtar | Indonesia, Sudan, Nigeria, India, Pakistan |
| مختار | Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq |
| Мухтар | Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
| المختار | Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq |
| mukhtar al-kunti Sufi leader, ML (b. 1728) |
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| mukhtar askad Uzbek Soviet writer (b. 1920) |
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| mukhtar shavlokhov GE (b. 1915) |
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| mukhtar rana pakistanti Politician and Educator (b. 1928) |
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| mukhtar bhatti field hockey player (1932-), IN (b. 1932) |
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mukhtar zamzami ID |
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mukhtar latif |
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| mukhtar hussain British QC and judge, GB (b. 1950) |
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| mukhtar hadyu Indonesian politician (born 1962 in Purwokerto-banyumas), ID (b. 1962) |
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| mukhtar ali ms ID (b. 1954) |
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| mukhtar ramalan yero Nigerian politician, NG (b. 1968) |
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| mukhtar atiku kurawa Nigerian academic, NG (b. 1970) |
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| effendi mukhtar ID (b. 1962) |
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| ludin mukhtar ID (b. 1962) |
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| mukhtar lutfi ID (b. 1964) |
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