Motave Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Motave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Motave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motave Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motave (Marathi: मोटवे) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Motave.
How Common Is The Last Name Motave? popularity and diffusion
The surname Motave is the 4,427,875th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Motave are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Motave is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is most common in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motave Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motave in the Marathi language | ||
| मोटवे | motave | - |
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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
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- 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 Motave
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