Motiso Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Motiso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 174 | 1:265,402 | 17,619 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Motiso Demographics
Motiso Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Motiso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motiso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motiso has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Motiso.
How Common Is The Last Name Motiso? popularity and diffusion
The surname Motiso is the 1,281,391st most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motiso live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 265,402. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 64 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 28 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 2 percent reside. Barring Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Motiso Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Motiso surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Motiso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.84% less than the national average, earning R 31,284 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 Motiso
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