Motoma Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Motoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2031:266,88526,661
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Cameroon621:334,98530,391
Botswana551:39,7627,636
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Motoma (20) may also be a first name.

Motoma Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Motoma Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Motoma is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Motoma? popularity and diffusion

The last name Motoma is the 701,000th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. The surname Motoma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Motoma are found; 61 percent are found in Southern Africa and 61 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 20 people.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 203 people, or 1 in 266,885. In South Africa it is primarily found in: North West, where 53 percent reside, Gauteng, where 45 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 1 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and Cameroon, where 15 percent reside.

Motoma Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Motoma earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 16.41% more than the national average, earning R 276,624 per year and in Colombia they earn 1.83% less than the national average, earning $22,287,200 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Motomah9211/
Mothoma926/
Motomad921/
Motouma921/
Moutoma921/
Motomga921/
Moutoima8642/
Moutouma8632/
Mothomai861/
Mhothoma861/
Motuma837,188/
Matoma833,510/
Motema832,293/
Mutoma831,101/
Motomo83116/
Motama83100/
Motome8368/
Motomi8365/
Metoma8341/
Motomy834/
Mouthouma801/
Mathoma771,132/
Moutama77782/
Moutome77316/
Mothema77291/
Motoume7781/
Motamma7752/
Mothomi7749/
Matooma7729/
Matouma7729/
Matomaa7723/
Motamad7722/
Muthoma7722/
Matomad7718/
Mothama7718/
Motemah779/
Mutomah778/
Moteema777/
Mothuma776/
Motumah775/
Matoima774/
Motumma774/
Motemma773/
Motumau773/
Mothomo773/
Mothome773/
Motamai772/
Moutomè772/
Matoema772/
Mottama771/
Motoomi771/
Mattoma771/
Matomas771/
Matomat771/
Matomea771/
Motuuma771/
Motasma771/
Mutooma771/
Matomga771/
Motomie771/
Motomme771/
Mostama771/
Mohtama771/
Mothomme71116/
Mehtomaa71108/
Muthomah7122/
Mutoimah719/
Moutomou716/
Mostamat716/
Moutoume713/
Mohtomey713/
Mathomas712/
Mostamad712/
Motamaha712/
Motammaj711/
Mothemma711/
Motomods711/
Moteemah711/
Matoumai711/
Maatouma711/
Motoumet711/
Moutamoa711/
Mouthama711/
Motammat711/
Motasmai711/
Mostamas711/
Mattomay711/
Mostamea711/
Matomaai711/
Mostamai711/
Mottamad711/
Motoumou711/
Mutuma6732,277/
Matome674,520/
Motumi672,874/
Mutama672,332/
Mutome67428/
Metomo67291/
Mothamaha67195/
Metama67185/
Matomo67173/
Mutomo67155/
Matomi67137/
Motumo67124/
Motemo6760/
Motume6759/
Mutomi6733/
Moutoumou6720/
Metema6713/
Motami6712/
Motame6711/
Mothammat677/
Mohtammad677/
Muuttomaa676/
Motamo676/
Mahatomah671/
Moutommou671/
Moustamah671/
Moustamha671/
Moustoumi671/
Motamy671/
Mothamoha671/

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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 Motoma
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