Motiela Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Motiela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 66 | 1:30,796 | 5,791 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Motiela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motiela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Motiela is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motiela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Motiela is the 2,255,512th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Motiela reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 30,796. In Lesotho Motiela is most common in: Leribe District, where 100 percent are found. Beside Lesotho this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 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
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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 Motiela
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