Motaghi Surname

164,399th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,639 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Motaghi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motaghi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2,5561:30,0403,638
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
England51:11,143,612252,590
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Motaghi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Motaghi is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Motaghi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 164,399th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,761,480 people. Motaghi occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Motaghi reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

The surname is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 2,556 people, or 1 in 30,040. In Iran Motaghi is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 22 percent are found, Gilan Province, where 15 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Iran Motaghi occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Motaghi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Motaghi surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Motaghi earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.58% less than the national average, earning $30,514 CAD 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 Motaghi
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