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
Motau (Hindi: मोटऊ) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 27,006th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 366,337 people. Motau is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Motau live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Motau is also the 350,891st most common first name world-wide, held by 571 people.
This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 19,266 people, or 1 in 2,812. In South Africa Motau is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 33 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 30 percent live and Limpopo, where 24 percent live. Other than South Africa Motau is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.
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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