Motar Surname
Approximately 1,538 people bear this surname
Motar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 896 | 1:856,100 | 37,694 |
| Iran | 345 | 1:222,558 | 17,430 |
| Philippines | 180 | 1:562,435 | 62,921 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Motar (1,935) may also be a first name.
Motar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﺎﺭ, Hindi: मोटर, Marathi: मोटर, Oriya: େମାଟର) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Motar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 256,366th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,738,326 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Motar live; 82 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 172,447th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 1,935 people.
The surname Motar is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 896 people, or 1 in 856,100. In India Motar is most frequent in: Karnataka, where 63 percent live, Gujarat, where 17 percent live and Maharashtra, where 15 percent live. Not including India this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 22 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺘﺎﺭ | mtar | - |
| Motar in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାଟର | ematara | - |
| Motar in the Hindi language | ||
| मोटर | motara | 96.59 |
| मोतर | motara | 2.27 |
| मोतार | motara | 1.14 |
| Motar in the Marathi language | ||
| मोटर | motara | 87.67 |
| मोटार | motara | 8.68 |
| गोटर | gotara | 0.91 |
| मोतार | motara | 0.46 |
| मोतर | motara | 0.46 |
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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 Motar
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