Motahani Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Motahani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 177 | 1:433,800 | 27,084 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Motahani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motahani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motahani is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motahani? popularity and diffusion
The surname Motahani is the 1,281,391st most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name Motahani occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Motahani reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The last name Motahani is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 433,800. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 42 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 20 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 18 percent reside. Other than Iran it exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Motahani
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