Motanya Surname

194,363rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,8891:24,4472,766
Lesotho1781:11,4192,564
Nigeria411:4,320,555118,938
United States351:10,355,970420,657
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Motanya (447) may also be a first name.

Motanya Last Name Facts

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

Motanya (Russian: Мотаня) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Motanya? popularity and diffusion

Motanya is the 194,363rd most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,370,743 people. The surname Motanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Motanya are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 405,268th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 447 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,889 people, or 1 in 24,447. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Nyamira County, where 37 percent are found, Kisii County, where 33 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.

Motanya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Motanya last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Motanya surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Motanya earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.55% less than the national average, earning R 34,332 per year and in United States they earn 8.44% less than the national average, earning $39,508 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Motanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Motanya in the Russian language
Мотаняmotana-

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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 Motanya
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