Motey Surname
Approximately 1,026 people bear this surname
Motey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Israel | 95 | 1:90,080 | 10,606 |
| India | 84 | 1:9,131,731 | 182,786 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Motey (42) may also be a first name.
Motey Demographics
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Motey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motey (Russian: Мотей, Tibetan: མོ་ཏེ་) has its highest incidence in Ghana. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 354,583rd most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 7,102,871 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Motey live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Motey is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 42 people.
It is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is carried by 762 people, or 1 in 35,460. Besides Ghana it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 9 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.
Motey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Motey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Motey surname declined 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Motey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Motey surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.
Motey earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 76.54% more than the national average, earning $76,175 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motey in the Tibetan language | ||
| མོ་ཏེ་ | moté | - |
| Motey in the Russian language | ||
| Мотей | motej | - |
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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 Motey
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