Motoe Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Motoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Motoe (970) may also be a first name.
Motoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motoe is found most in Liberia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Motoe.
How Common Is The Last Name Motoe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Motoe is mostly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Motoe are found; 41 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 258,826th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 970 people.
This surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 71 percent are found, Bong County, where 14 percent are found and Margibi County, where 14 percent are found. Other than Liberia Motoe occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Japan, where 24 percent are found.
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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 Motoe
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