Motema Surname
Approximately 2,293 people bear this surname
Motema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,621 | 1:45,577 | 5,523 |
| South Africa | 420 | 1:128,995 | 15,120 |
| Lesotho | 226 | 1:8,994 | 2,020 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Motema (1,184) may also be a first name.
Motema Demographics
Average Motema Salary in
South Africa
R 102,132
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Motema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motema (Marathi: मोटेमा) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motema? popularity and diffusion
Motema is the 184,892nd most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,178,171 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motema are found; 71 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Motema is also the 230,515th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 1,184 people.
It is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,621 people, or 1 in 45,577. Beside The DR Congo Motema occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 18 percent live and Lesotho, where 10 percent live.
Motema Last Name Statistics demography
Motema earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.02% less than the national average, earning R 102,132 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motema in the Marathi language | ||
| मोटेमा | motema | - |
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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 Motema
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