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 surname Motau (Hindi: मोटऊ) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Motau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Motau is the 27,006th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 366,337 people. The surname Motau occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Motau are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Motau is also the 350,891st most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 571 people.
The surname Motau is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 19,266 people, or 1 in 2,812. In South Africa Motau is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 33 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 30 percent reside and Limpopo, where 24 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 1 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 percent reside.
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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