Motana Surname
Approximately 1,249 people bear this surname
Motana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 394 | 1:137,507 | 15,895 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Botswana | 210 | 1:10,414 | 1,941 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| Kenya | 55 | 1:839,635 | 32,298 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
The alternate forms: Motaña (6) are calculated separately.
Motana (315) may also be a first name.
Motana Demographics
Average Motana Salary in
United States
$67,547 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Motana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Motana (Bengali: মোটানা, Hindi: मोटाना, Marathi: मोतना, Oriya: େମାଟନା, Russian: Мотана) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be found in the variant forms: Motaña. For other possible spellings of Motana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 303,577th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,834,704 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Motana live; 48 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 494,917th most commonly used forename world-wide. It is borne by 315 people.
This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 394 people, or 1 in 137,507. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 60 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and Western Cape, where 6 percent live. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 31 percent live and Botswana, where 17 percent live.
Motana Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Motana earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 16.86% less than the national average, earning R 197,580 per year and in United States they earn 56.54% more than the national average, earning $67,547 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motana in the Bengali language | ||
| মোটানা | motana | - |
| Motana in the Marathi language | ||
| मोतना | motana | - |
| Motana in the Hindi language | ||
| मोटाना | motana | 75 |
| मोतां | motam | 12.5 |
| मोतना | motana | 12.5 |
| Motana in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାଟନା | ematana | 66.67 |
| େମାଟାନା | ematana | 33.33 |
| Motana in the Russian language | ||
| Мотана | motana | - |
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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 Motana
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