de Motas Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Angola

de Motas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Motas Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

de Motas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Motas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Motas occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of de Motas.

How Common Is The Last Name de Motas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of de Motas are found; 67 percent are found in South America and 67 percent are found in Luso-South America.

de Motas is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Bahia, where 50 percent reside and Paraíba, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Brazil it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Angola, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Mottas941/
de Moutas941/
de Mota93858/
de Matas88216/
de Motta88116/
de Mouta8813/
de Motos8813/
der Mota881/
de Motay880/
de Mattas825/
de Mautas823/
de Mottos822/
da Mottas821/
de Moutta821/
der Motta821/
da Mota8044,470/
de Mata802,344/
di Mota808/
de Moto801/
de Matos75140,465/
da Motta7513,824/
de Matta75464/
di Motta75229/
da Mouta7535/
de Matha7532/
da Moita7511/
da Matas757/
da Motha756/
de Matea754/
de Mauta754/
de Matoa754/
de Metos754/
de Motto753/
da Moota751/
de Mattos7142,793/
de Mateus7138/
de Mateis7114/
da Mottha714/
de Mathos713/
da Mattas713/
de Mastos712/
de Maatos711/
de Matoss711/
de Mahtos711/
der Matos711/
des Matos711/
da Moutta711/
da Mootta711/
de Matose710/
da Mata6732,122/
de Matteis678,195/
de Mato67328/
de Matheus67102/
Da-Mota6724/
de Matteus6719/
da Moto675/
de Matheis672/
di Mata671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Motas
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