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) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motab? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 381,197th most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 7,794,167 people. Motab occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Motab live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Motab is also the 230,167th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 1,187 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 880 people, or 1 in 87,253. In Iran Motab is mostly found in: Yazd Province, where 30 percent live, East Azerbaijan Province, where 21 percent live and Tehran Province, where 14 percent live. Excluding Iran this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent live and Israel, where 2 percent live.
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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