Motaye Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Motaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 45 | 1:28,743 | 5,603 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Motaye (66) may also be a first name.
Motaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Motaye has its highest incidence in Mauritius. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Motaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,605,694th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Motaye reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 82 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean. It is also the 1,201,840th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 66 people.
The last name Motaye is most common in Mauritius, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 28,743. In Mauritius it is primarily concentrated in: Pamplemousses District, where 89 percent live, Rivière du Rempart District, where 9 percent live and Plaines Wilhems District, where 2 percent live. Aside from Mauritius this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent live and France, where 5 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 Motaye
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