Motelay Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Motelay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Motelay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motelay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motelay is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Motelay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Motelay is the 2,293,424th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name Motelay occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Motelay live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Motelay is most widespread in France, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 1,088,897. In France Motelay is primarily concentrated in: Normandy, where 89 percent live and Île-de-France, where 11 percent live. Apart from France it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 10 percent live and England, where 1 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 Motelay
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