Motawana Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Motawana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motawana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa841:644,97347,754
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Motawana (17) may also be a first name.

Motawana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Motawana Come From? nationality or country of origin

Motawana is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motawana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,980,395th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motawana live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Motawana is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 17 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 644,973. In South Africa Motawana is primarily found in: North West, where 51 percent are found, Gauteng, where 45 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Motawana Last Name Statistics demography

Motawana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.23% less than the national average, earning R 111,144 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 Motawana
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