Motela Surname
Approximately 1,248 people bear this surname
Motela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,086 | 1:48,749 | 5,449 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Motela (53) may also be a first name.
Motela Demographics
Average Motela Salary in
South Africa
R 77,448
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Motela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motela is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Motela is the 303,787th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,839,380 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motela reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Motela is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, borne by 53 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,086 people, or 1 in 48,749. In Tanzania Motela is most numerous in: Songwe Region, where 49 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 48 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Motela Last Name Statistics demography
Motela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.41% less than the national average, earning R 77,448 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 Motela
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