Motahi Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Motahi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 103 | 1:745,461 | 38,299 |
| French Polynesia | 74 | 1:3,795 | 856 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Motahi (14) may also be a first name.
Motahi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motahi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motahi (Marathi: मोतही) is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Motahi.
How Common Is The Last Name Motahi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Motahi is the 1,257,535th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 58 percent of Motahi are found; 58 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Motahi is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 14 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 745,461. In Iran it is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 37 percent live, Lorestan Province, where 28 percent live and Kerman Province, where 18 percent live. Barring Iran it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in French Polynesia, where 40 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motahi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motahi in the Marathi language | ||
| मोतही | motahi | - |
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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 Motahi
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