Moktan
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mɑktən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Moktan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country.
- INIndia1 in 2M(measured from records)
- NPNepal≈1 in 677
- QAQatar≈1 in 5.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 86 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 677 (inferred from the name graph)
≈45,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Moktan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | — | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 677 | — | Moktan | 49 |
| IN India | — | 656 | 1 in 2M | 656 | Moktan | 41 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Moktan | 11 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Moktan | 10 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Moktan | 15 |
| QA Qatar | #494 | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | — | Moktan | 6 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈84 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Moktan | 8 |
| BH Bahrain | — | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Moktan | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 656 | #7,497 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 95 | #201 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 13 | #14,841 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 5 | #6,902 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 5 | #143,546 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4 | #18,722 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #4,257 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Moktan?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑktən/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Moktan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 45 thousand people named Moktan in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled moktan.
- How common is the name Moktan?
- In India, the national register counted 656 people named Moktan, about 1 in 2.0 million residents.
- How common is Moktan compared with other names?
- In Qatar, Moktan is the 494th most common surname of 15,902 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/moktanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Moktan” — the 494th most common surname in Qatar. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.