Motau Surname
Approximately 19,893 people bear this surname
Motau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 19,266 | 1:2,812 | 359 |
| Lesotho | 290 | 1:7,009 | 1,503 |
| Botswana | 171 | 1:12,789 | 2,446 |
| Romania | 58 | 1:346,170 | 29,849 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Motau (571) may also be a first name.
Motau Demographics
Average Motau Salary in
South Africa
R 163,956
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Motau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motau (Hindi: मोटऊ) is most common in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Motau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 27,006th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 366,337 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Motau live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 350,891st most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 571 people.
Motau is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 19,266 people, or 1 in 2,812. In South Africa Motau is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 33 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 30 percent are found and Limpopo, where 24 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 1 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.
Motau Last Name Statistics demography
Motau earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.01% less than the national average, earning R 163,956 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motau in the Hindi language | ||
| मोटऊ | mota'u | 50 |
| मोटाऊ | mota'u | 50 |
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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 Motau
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