Motija Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Motija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Motija (196) may also be a first name.
Motija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Motija (Hindi: मोतीजा, Marathi: मोतीजा, Oriya: େମାତିଯା) occurs most in India. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Motija? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Motija reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Motija is also the 648,004th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 196 people.
The surname Motija is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 16,320,540. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 96 percent live and Bihar, where 2 percent live. Other than India Motija is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent live and Latvia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motija in the Marathi language | ||
| मोतीजा | motija | 72.41 |
| मोितजा | moitaja | 24.14 |
| मोितया | moitaya | 3.45 |
| Motija in the Hindi language | ||
| मोतीजा | motija | 60 |
| मोतिजा | motija | 40 |
| Motija in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାତିଯା | ematiya | 50 |
| େମାତିଜା | ematija | 50 |
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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 Motija
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