Motassi Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Motassi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 256 | 1:81,129 | 9,926 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Motassi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motassi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motassi occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motassi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 950,707th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Motassi live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 256 people, or 1 in 81,129. In Cameroon Motassi is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 97 percent are found, Centre Region, where 1 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Motassi
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