Motenga Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Motenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Motenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motenga is carried by more people in Botswana than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Motenga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motenga reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Botswana, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 56,075. Apart from Botswana this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and South Africa, where 3 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 Motenga
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