Moten Surname
Approximately 6,634 people bear this surname
Moten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,997 | 1:72,535 | 8,380 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Australia | 212 | 1:127,338 | 13,906 |
| Pakistan | 198 | 1:902,242 | 12,252 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| India | 146 | 1:5,253,872 | 129,394 |
| Philippines | 89 | 1:1,137,508 | 91,778 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| Thailand | 68 | 1:1,038,799 | 157,648 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 1:775,434 | 29,551 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 11 | 1:402,715 | 14,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 464 | 1:108,230 | 10,824 |
Moten (409) may also be a first name.
Moten Demographics
Moten Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Moten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moten (Hindi: मोतेन, Marathi: मोट, Russian: Мотен, Tibetan: མོ་རྟེན།) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moten? popularity and diffusion
It is the 74,145th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,098,515 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Moten are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 426,190th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 409 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,997 people, or 1 in 72,535. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 17 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Maryland, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
Moten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Moten has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,077 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 306 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 155 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Moten Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Moten last name are 8.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.46% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Moten earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 77.21% less than the national average, earning S/. 4,417 per year and in United States they earn 18.62% less than the national average, earning $35,113 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moten Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moten in the Tibetan language | ||
| མོ་རྟེན། | moten | - |
| Moten in the Marathi language | ||
| मोट | mota | 94.94 |
| मोटेें | moteem | 2.53 |
| मॉटेन | motena | 2.53 |
| Moten in the Hindi language | ||
| मोतेन | motena | 50 |
| मोटेण | motena | 50 |
| Moten in the Russian language | ||
| Мотен | moten | - |
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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
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- 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 Moten
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