de Motta Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Spain

de Motta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Motta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil631:3,398,00596,455
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

de Motta Last Name Facts

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

de Motta is most common in Brazil. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of de Motta click here.

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

This surname is the 1,691,963rd most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of de Motta are found; 56 percent are found in South America and 54 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 3,398,005. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 24 percent live, São Paulo, where 22 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 19 percent live. Besides Brazil it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Spain, where 21 percent live.

de Motta Last Name Statistics demography

de Motta earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.31% less than the national average, earning $16,696 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Motta
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