Motong Surname
Approximately 1,110 people bear this surname
Motong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 559 | 1:96,919 | 11,803 |
| Philippines | 171 | 1:592,036 | 64,746 |
| Thailand | 154 | 1:458,691 | 80,467 |
| Indonesia | 137 | 1:965,323 | 71,212 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
Motong (1,757) may also be a first name.
Motong Demographics
Average Motong Salary in
South Africa
R 114,864
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Motong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Motong occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 332,973rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,565,357 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Motong live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Motong is also the 182,678th most common first name on earth, borne by 1,757 people.
The last name Motong is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 559 people, or 1 in 96,919. In South Africa Motong is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 41 percent live, Limpopo, where 34 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 15 percent live. Beside South Africa it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 15 percent live and Thailand, where 14 percent live.
Motong Last Name Statistics demography
Motong earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.66% less than the national average, earning R 114,864 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 Motong
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