Motas Surname
Approximately 2,073 people bear this surname
Motas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,156 | 1:87,576 | 15,222 |
| Poland | 180 | 1:211,160 | 27,852 |
| United States | 146 | 1:2,482,595 | 151,840 |
| Spain | 92 | 1:508,174 | 25,386 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Brazil | 85 | 1:2,518,522 | 76,509 |
| Ukraine | 43 | 1:1,058,667 | 96,518 |
| Venezuela | 41 | 1:736,685 | 12,312 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Mexico | 37 | 1:3,354,762 | 24,142 |
| Greece | 34 | 1:325,876 | 46,418 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Nicaragua | 10 | 1:602,109 | 3,988 |
| Romania | 9 | 1:2,230,874 | 54,437 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Motaş (36) are calculated separately.
Motas (31) may also be a first name.
Motas Demographics
Motas Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Motas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motas (Hindi: मोतास, Russian: Мотас) is most common in The Philippines. It can also appear as: Motaş. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Motas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Motas is the 201,183rd most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,515,459 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Motas are found; 55 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 55 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most common given name in the world It is held by 31 people.
This surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,156 people, or 1 in 87,576. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 59 percent live, Ilocos, where 10 percent live and National Capital Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Motas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Motas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Motas last name grew 14,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Motas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Motas are 5.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 59.18% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Motas earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 22.27% more than the national average, earning $27,759,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 14.45% more than the national average, earning $49,382 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motas in the Hindi language | ||
| मोतास | motasa | - |
| Motas in the Russian language | ||
| Мотас | motas | - |
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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 Motas
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