Motanga Surname
Approximately 1,068 people bear this surname
Motanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 828 | 1:89,227 | 10,161 |
| Cameroon | 213 | 1:97,507 | 11,577 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Motângă (1) are calculated separately.
Motanga (39) may also be a first name.
Motanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motanga (Russian: Мотанга) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Motângă. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motanga? popularity and diffusion
Motanga is the 343,320th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,823,545 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Motanga live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name globally, held by 39 people.
The last name Motanga is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 828 people, or 1 in 89,227. Beside The DR Congo this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motanga in the Russian language | ||
| Мотанга | motanga | - |
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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 Motanga
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