Mot Surname

35,533rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Sudan
Highest density in:
South Sudan

Mot Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Sudan4,2271:2,701529
Vietnam3,8951:23,786405
Romania3,1751:6,324850
Cambodia6011:25,7691,422
Saudi Arabia4371:70,60810,708
India3781:2,029,27369,289
Philippines2031:498,71058,674
Ukraine2001:227,61330,257
Cameroon1621:128,20414,516
Papua New Guinea1571:51,9356,528
France1571:423,07561,574
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
United States1361:2,665,139160,299
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Belgium1161:99,10915,136
Thailand1121:630,700106,838
Indonesia1011:1,309,39890,991
Spain811:577,18627,381
Turkey591:1,319,00754,084
Malaysia571:517,44325,717
England381:1,466,26563,675
Poland311:1,226,08978,991
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Austria271:315,38635,058
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Liberia81:551,06725,208
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
China41:341,830,39216,990
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

The alternate forms: Moţ (496), Moț (359) & Mót (1) are calculated separately.

Mot (3,156) may also be a first name.

Mot Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mot (Georgian: მოტ, Hindi: मोट, Marathi: मोत) is found most frequently in South Sudan. It may occur as: Moţ, Moț or Mót. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mot? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mot is the 35,533rd most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 490,117 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 39 percent of Mot live; 33 percent live in Southeast Asia and 28 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 128,030th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 3,156 people.

It is most widespread in South Sudan, where it is held by 4,227 people, or 1 in 2,701. Excluding South Sudan this last name exists in 72 countries. It is also common in Vietnam, where 26 percent reside and Romania, where 21 percent reside.

Mot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Mot has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mot last name grew 324 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 475 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mot Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Mot last name is principally Orthodox (76%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Mot surname are 1.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.52% registered with the political party.

The amount Mot earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.21% more than the national average, earning $44,101 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.45% less than the national average, earning $40,516 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moţ89496/
Moț89359/
Mót891/
Mote8672,143/
Mott8633,665/
Moet8610,818/
Mout869,138/
Most868,793/
Moit862,806/
Moth862,349/
Moot861,125/
Mots86280/
Åmot86179/
Muot86119/
Moyt86115/
Moht8623/
Hmot869/
Modt867/
Moët866/
Mojt863/
Motd862/
Mhot861/
Motp861/
Motė861/
Mo802,791,493/
Motte7512,650/
Mothe7512,334/
Moote751,371/
Moots751,155/
Motts75709/
Moist75677/
Moite75673/
Moute75520/
Moedt75312/
Moust75307/
Motch75284/
Åmodt75227/
Mouth75217/
Moste75169/
Mooth75140/
'Mote75136/
Moyte75119/
Moitt75112/
Moodt75112/
Moths75105/
Moyst7597/
Muoth7594/
Moits7542/
Moith7532/
Mohut7524/
Mhote7523/
Mmote7517/
Mosst7514/
Moett7511/
Mouts7511/
Moïtt757/
Moszt756/
Moott754/
Hmout754/
Moutt753/
Motth753/
Mohth753/
Muots752/
Mohtd752/
Moëst752/
Mohdt752/
Moost751/
Moutp751/
Moytt751/
Mosts751/
Mostt751/
Mostz751/
Mojst751/
Motsh751/
Mosht751/
Moudt751/
Mhoot751/
Mhots751/
Mohyt751/
Muote751/
Mmoth751/
Mosth751/
Motht751/
Mhotp751/
Mottt750/
Mou671,415,785/
Moh67231,837/
Mut6786,253/
Moi6773,528/
Mat6756,326/
Moo6741,989/
Moy6736,869/
Moa6721,480/
Moz6716,584/
Mos679,490/
Motova671,853/
Moj671,778/
Muo671,688/
Moutte671,665/
Mod671,657/
Mouthe671,233/
Mho67630/
Moß67582/
Mop67322/
Hmo67255/
Moş67181/
Mmo6787/
Mgo6780/
Moğ6752/
Moș6749/
Moitte6748/
Moš6740/
Åmo6738/
Motowa6734/
Mooste6723/
Moľ6719/
Moithe6717/
Moś6714/
Mát6712/
Moutch679/
Moothe677/
Mouste677/
Mohjte674/
Moï674/
D'Mote672/
Moshte672/
Moë672/
Mhoite671/
Moosth671/
Mothhe671/
Motthe671/
Mohthe671/
Mohtte671/
Mohhte671/
Mouths671/
Moá671/
Moudth671/
Mouhte671/
Moç671/
Moû671/
Moč671/
Moiste671/
Muothe671/
Moytte671/
Mothss671/
Moutts670/
Mootte670/
Moisth670/
Moscht670/

Mot Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mot in the Georgian language
მოტmot-
Mot in the Hindi language
मोटmota75.83
मोतmota18.75
मोत्याmotya2.92
मोत्mot0.83
Mot in the Marathi language
मोतmota57.43
मोटmota32.67
मोटेmote9.9

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mot
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