Motif Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Motif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India271:28,409,829361,298
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Motif (137) may also be a first name.

Motif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Motif (Hindi: मोतीफ, Marathi: मोतीफ) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Motif? popularity and diffusion

Motif is the 2,530,696th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Motif are found; 48 percent are found in South Asia and 47 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Motif is also the 790,880th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 137 people.

The surname Motif is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 28,409,829. In India Motif is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 67 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 26 percent reside and Assam, where 4 percent reside. Outside of India this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent reside and Indonesia, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Motiff91116/
Mostif911/
Motife911/
Moutif911/
Motifs911/
Mouthif83206/
Mottiff832/
Motiffe831/
Motib80225/
Motiv8066/
Matif8025/
Mutif8016/
Motef803/
Moutib73409/
Motaib73150/
Moteib7359/
Mutoif7317/
Mastif7311/
Moteff7310/
Motiev739/
Mustif738/
Matife738/
Mathif738/
Mothiv738/
Mutaif733/
Mostef733/
Moteiv731/
Moutiv731/
Mostiv731/
Medtif731/
Mottib731/
Motijv731/
Motiov731/
Mothyf731/
Moutaib67869/
Mostefe67126/
Mustaif6721/
Mustoif679/
Muthoif679/
Mothivh672/
Moustef671/
Mahatif671/
Mosteef671/
Mustife671/
Mouteef671/
Mahtiof671/
Musthif671/
Muthaif671/
Motaiph671/
Matheif671/
Mautief671/
Mosteff671/

Motif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Motif in the Hindi language
मोतीफmotipha-
Motif in the Marathi language
मोतीफmotipha-

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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 Motif
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