Moteya Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Moteya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Moteya (18) may also be a first name.
Moteya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moteya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moteya is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moteya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,020,555th most commonly held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moteya are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Moteya is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 18 people.
Moteya is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Excluding The DR Congo Moteya is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Moteya
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