Motano Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Congo

Motano Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motano Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil301:7,135,811166,009
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Congo141:356,3649,454
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Motaño (36) are calculated separately.

Motano Last Name Facts

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

Motano occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Motaño. For other potential spellings of Motano click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motano? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,785,358th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname Motano occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Motano live; 34 percent live in South America and 33 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Motano is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 7,135,811. In Brazil Motano is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 90 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 7 percent reside and Goiás, where 3 percent reside. Not including Brazil Motano occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Motano Last Name Statistics demography

Motano earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.12% less than the national average, earning $32,312 USD 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 Motano
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