Moteni Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Moteni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moteni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa901:601,97445,802
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Benin121:861,30044,192
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Moteni (22) may also be a first name.

Moteni Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Moteni Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Moteni (Hindi: मोतेनी) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Moteni? popularity and diffusion

The last name Moteni is the 1,281,391st most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Moteni are found; 51 percent are found in Southern Africa and 51 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 22 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 601,974. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 67 percent are found, Gauteng, where 16 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found.

Moteni Last Name Statistics demography

Moteni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.02% less than the national average, earning R 78,384 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mouteni9248/
Motenei927/
Motenui924/
Motengi924/
Mgoteni921/
Motenii921/
Motenis921/
Mouteini862/
Motene832,798/
Motena831,367/
Mateni83541/
Motini83131/
Motenj836/
Moteny832/
Moteniszs802/
Moteane771,207/
Mottini771,050/
Mouteny7770/
Mothene7766/
Mothena7763/
Motenge7732/
Motingi7725/
Motaini7720/
Mategni7714/
Motiene777/
Matenai773/
Matenyi773/
Matengi773/
Matteni772/
Matenis772/
Matetni771/
Moteana771/
Matenio771/
Moutene771/
Mot'ena771/
Moutini771/
Motenes771/
Motinyi771/
Moitene771/
Moitini771/
Matenie771/
Mottene770/
Motheane71176/
Moutenet71117/
Mateheni7127/
Matengai7117/
Mathenie715/
Moutaini714/
Matienyi713/
Motegney712/
Motheana712/
Mategnie711/
Mathengi711/
Mathenio711/
Mathenui711/
Mattieni711/
Moutenay711/
Matenhei711/
Motaingi711/
Matheani711/
Motheney710/
Matene674,596/
Matini674,114/
Matena672,103/
Mostenets67109/
Motine6756/
Mateny6720/
Mathienyi672/
Hmmoutene671/
Matyni671/
Matenyoyi671/
Moitinhio671/
Mouthenna671/
Mathenaia671/
Masteneit670/

Moteni Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Moteni in the Hindi language
मोतेनीmoteni-

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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 Moteni
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