Family name محتار (محتار 
) , across the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The last name محتار is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Sudan, where it is quite a rare surname, Libya, and Egypt, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Sudan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, محتار is the forename as well as the last name.