Motayan Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Motayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Motayan (42) may also be a first name.
Motayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motayan is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motayan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Motayan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Motayan reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Motayan is also the 1,566,439th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 42 people.
The last name is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 38,391,262. In Iran Motayan is most common in: Ilam Province, where 50 percent live and Khuzestan Province, where 50 percent live. Not including Iran this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 40 percent live and Malaysia, where 20 percent live.
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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 Motayan
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