Motoka Surname
Approximately 2,144 people bear this surname
Motoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,222 | 1:12,970 | 1,480 |
| DR Congo | 465 | 1:158,881 | 16,459 |
| Tanzania | 308 | 1:171,888 | 15,065 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Kenya | 26 | 1:1,776,150 | 35,982 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Motoka (329) may also be a first name.
Motoka Demographics
Motoka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Motoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motoka occurs most in Zambia. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motoka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 195,664th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,399,042 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Motoka are found; 58 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Motoka is also the 483,360th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 329 people.
Motoka is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,222 people, or 1 in 12,970. In Zambia Motoka is most common in: North-Western Province, where 51 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 27 percent are found and Central Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Zambia it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Tanzania, where 14 percent are found.
Motoka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Motoka earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.82% less than the national average, earning R 138,252 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 Motoka
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