Motipi Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motipi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motipi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho211:96,78810,857
India161:47,941,586492,263
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Motipi (152) may also be a first name.

Motipi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Motipi is most common in Lesotho. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motipi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,185,033rd most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Motipi live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Motipi is also the 746,252nd most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 152 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 96,788. In Lesotho Motipi is most prevalent in: Butha-Buthe District, where 62 percent are found, Leribe District, where 14 percent are found and Maseru District, where 14 percent are found. Barring Lesotho Motipi exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 42 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mothipi9273/
Mottipi921/
Motipe8351/
Mutipi8328/
Matipi8321/
Motupi838/
Motipa833/
Motepi831/
Moustiphi801/
Mothupi7712,592/
Mutaipi77648/
Matipei77599/
Mothipe7774/
Motipay7758/
Mattipi7725/
Mathipi7724/
Matiopi7710/
Motipet775/
Muttipi773/
Matipie773/
Mothepi772/
Motiope771/
Mothipa771/
Matipid771/
Metipoi771/
Mataiphi7121/
Mutiphai718/
Mothupie712/
Mothupii711/
Matipa676,284/
Matupi672,623/
Motepe671,097/
Motepa67596/
Mutipe67188/
Mutipa67103/
Matipe6753/
Motupe6729/
Matepi677/
Motepy671/
Metepi671/
Mutipy671/
Muttiphai671/
Mathiphai671/
Mutepi671/

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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 Motipi
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