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 surname Moten (Hindi: मोतेन, Marathi: मोट, Russian: Мотен, Tibetan: མོ་རྟེན།) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moten? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 74,145th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,098,515 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Moten live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. Moten is also the 426,190th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 409 people.
The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 4,997 people, or 1 in 72,535. In The United States Moten is primarily found in: Texas, where 17 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Maryland, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 35 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.
Moten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Moten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Moten 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 devotion 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% registered with 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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