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 last name Motoena is found most in Lesotho. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Motoena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motoena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,551,568th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. Motoena occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motoena reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Motoena is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 13 people.
Motoena is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 15,516. In Lesotho Motoena is primarily found in: Mokhotlong District, where 68 percent reside, Leribe District, where 21 percent reside and Butha-Buthe District, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho this surname exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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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