Moukhtar

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/moʊktɑɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Moukhtar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 2M
  • BEBelgium1 in 12M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Switzerland (measured from records)

8 people, 2024

Sources
90 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Moukhtar 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.

Where Moukhtar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland81 in 1.1M8——
DK Denmark31 in 2M3——
BE Belgium11 in 12M1Moukhtar9
FR France———Moukhtar90
SN Senegal——1Moukhtar10
MA Morocco———Moukhtar13

8 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. 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: DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Moukhtar is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Moùkhtar

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Moukhtār

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalالسيد Moukhtar المحترم،Dear Mr. Moukhtar, (English)
Informalمرحباً Moukhtar،Hi Moukhtar, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Moukhtar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20248#72,019
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—3#78,032
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20081#166,258

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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 Moukhtar?
A machine transcription gives /moʊktɑɹ/ (IPA) for Arabic.
In which country does Moukhtar have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 8 people named Moukhtar, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Moukhtar most common?
Moukhtar is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.1 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Moukhtar?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 8 people named Moukhtar in 2024, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.

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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, “Moukhtar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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