Motaung Surname
Approximately 72,905 people bear this surname
Motaung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 71,351 | 1:759 | 61 |
| Lesotho | 867 | 1:2,344 | 317 |
| Botswana | 563 | 1:3,884 | 559 |
| England | 98 | 1:568,552 | 34,674 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Motaung (754) may also be a first name.
Motaung Demographics
Average Male Motaung Height
166.95 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Motaung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motaung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motaung is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motaung? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,796th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 99,959 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motaung are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 299,270th most prevalent first name globally, held by 754 people.
The last name Motaung is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 71,351 people, or 1 in 759. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 37 percent live, Free State, where 34 percent live and North West, where 9 percent live. Excluding South Africa it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.
Motaung Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Motaung earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.64% less than the national average, earning R 129,180 per year and in United States they earn 64.64% more than the national average, earning $71,042 USD per year.
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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 Motaung
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