La Motta Surname

394,847th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 894 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

La Motta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La Motta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy5941:102,95717,401
Peru681:467,41413,756
Brazil601:3,567,906100,128
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Argentina471:909,43458,335
Ecuador341:467,81910,566
Australia321:843,61652,533
England41:13,929,515290,718
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934

La Motta Last Name Facts

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

The surname La Motta is borne by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name La Motta is the 394,847th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 8,151,617 people. La Motta is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of La Motta reside; 66 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 66 percent reside in Italic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Italy, where it is held by 594 people, or 1 in 102,957. In Italy La Motta is most frequent in: Sicily, where 54 percent are found, Campania, where 18 percent are found and Lazio, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Italy this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 8 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.

La Motta Last Name Statistics demography

The amount La Motta earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 52.59% more than the national average, earning €45,822 per year; in Peru they earn 12.76% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,859 per year and in United States they earn 60.04% more than the national average, earning $69,056 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 La Motta
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