Motomiya Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Motomiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Motomiya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan871:1,469,47524,192
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Motomiya Last Name Facts

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

Motomiya (Russian: Мотомия) has its highest incidence in Japan. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Motomiya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Motomiya reside; 70 percent reside in East Asia and 70 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name Motomiya is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 1,469,475. In Japan it is most frequent in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 74 percent live, Chiba Prefecture, where 5 percent live and Shizuoka Prefecture, where 5 percent live. Excluding Japan it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Thailand, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Motomoya881/
Motomie801/
Mothomae7522/
Mohtomey753/
Mothomai751/
Mutomuya751/
Mutamiya751/
Motomaye751/
Matomie6729/
Matomaa6723/
Motumau673/
Motamai672/
Motamei671/
Matomea671/
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Motomiya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Motomiya in the Russian language
Мотомияmotomia-

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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 Motomiya
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