Motab Surname
Approximately 935 people bear this surname
Motab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 880 | 1:87,253 | 8,790 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Motab (1,187) may also be a first name.
Motab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motab (Hindi: मोताब, Oriya: େମାତାବ) occurs most in Iran. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motab? popularity and diffusion
The surname Motab is the 381,197th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 7,794,167 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Motab are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 230,167th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 1,187 people.
The last name Motab is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 880 people, or 1 in 87,253. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Yazd Province, where 30 percent reside, East Azerbaijan Province, where 21 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 14 percent reside. Barring Iran this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent reside and Israel, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motab in the Hindi language | ||
| मोताब | motaba | - |
| Motab in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାତାବ | emataba | - |
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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 Motab
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