Last name Mukhtar (Mukhtar 
, مختار 
, Мухтар 
) , around the globe, is a widespread cognomen. The family name Mukhtar is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Sudan, where it is a common surname, Libya, and Egypt, where it is quite a common surname (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Pakistan, Egypt, and Sudan. Also, Mukhtar is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Mukhtar | Pakistan, Sudan, India, Nigeria, Indonesia |
| مختار | Iraq, Sudan, Yemen, Egypt, Iran |
| Мухтар | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Russia |
| المختار | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan, Yemen, Egypt |
| ibrahim mukhtar Mufti of Eritrea, ER (b. 1909) |
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| el daw mukhtar ahmed mukhtar b.1 January 1941 d.28 April 2007 (b. 1941) |
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| aloma mariam mukhtar Nigerian jurist, NG (b. 1944) |
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hany abubakr mukhtar German footballer, DE (b. 1995) |
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| abdullahi sarki mukhtar Nigerian politician and general, NG (b. 1949) |
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| mukhlis mukhtar Indonesian politician (born 1961 in Ms. Tuha Meureududu), ID (b. 1961) |
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| fatima batul mukhtar Nigerian botanist and academic, NG (b. 1963) |
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| bilqees mukhtar politician, PK (b. 1969) |
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| noor suzaily mukhtar Malaysian murder victim, MY (b. 1976) |
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| naziru bashir mukhtar researcher |
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| salma mukhtar researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-5572-2324) |
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| abdullah mukhtar Governor of Paktika Province, AF |
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| tariq mukhtar researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-0379-3320 |
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| anton a. mukhtar Indonesian political candidate, ID |
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| yusif m mukhtar researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-7724-4861) |
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