Motje Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Motje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 67 | 1:697,792 | 30,551 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Mötje (15), Motjé (3) & Motjè (2) are calculated separately.
Motje (57) may also be a first name.
Motje Demographics
Average Motje Salary in
South Africa
R 100,632
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Motje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motje is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Mötje, Motjé or Motjè. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,967,751st most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname Motje occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Motje live; 74 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 74 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 57 people.
It is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 697,792. In Spain Motje is most numerous in: Catalonia, where 88 percent live and Murcia, where 12 percent live. Not including Spain this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 17 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Motje Last Name Statistics demography
Motje earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.65% less than the national average, earning R 100,632 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 Motje
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