Motoena Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Motoena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 131 | 1:15,516 | 3,378 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Motoena (13) may also be a first name.
Motoena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motoena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motoena occurs most in Lesotho. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motoena? popularity and diffusion
Motoena is the 1,551,568th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. Motoena occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motoena are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Motoena is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 15,516. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Mokhotlong District, where 68 percent live, Leribe District, where 21 percent live and Butha-Buthe District, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho this surname is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live.
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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 Motoena
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