Motaga Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Motaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Motaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motaga (Marathi: मोटगा) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Motaga.
How Common Is The Last Name Motaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Motaga occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Motaga reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Motaga is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motaga in the Marathi language | ||
| मोटगा | motaga | - |
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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 Motaga
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