Motiana Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Motiana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motiana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966

Motiana (31) may also be a first name.

Motiana Last Name Facts

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

Motiana is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Motiana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Motiana is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motiana reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Motiana is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 31 people.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 89 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent are found.

Motiana Last Name Statistics demography

Motiana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.35% less than the national average, earning R 49,068 per year.

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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 Motiana
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