Motopa Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Motopa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motopa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Motopa (30) may also be a first name.

Motopa Last Name Facts

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

Motopa is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motopa? popularity and diffusion

Motopa is the 2,635,433rd most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Motopa are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 30 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,105,667. In South Africa Motopa is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 71 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 16 percent live and Limpopo, where 6 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.

Motopa Last Name Statistics demography

Motopa earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.97% less than the national average, earning R 192,564 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mothopa92249/
Motoupa9213/
Mostopa928/
Motuopa921/
Moutoupa8639/
Mothopha861/
Mostopha861/
Mutopa83943/
Motopi83676/
Motepa83596/
Matopa83177/
Metopa83123/
Motopo8340/
Motapa8333/
Motope8325/
Moutoupas8071/
Moustopha802/
Mustopa7722,576/
Mathopa771,376/
Mothopi77636/
Mothapa77446/
Mostapa77295/
Mothope7730/
Motopos7725/
Motappa7716/
Mastopa7714/
Matopai7713/
Mothopo775/
Metoupa774/
Mutopha773/
Mudtopa773/
Maetopa772/
Matopha771/
Mottapa771/
Motopod771/
Mothepa771/
Methopa771/
Muthopa771/
Motapha771/
Moutapa771/
Motoupo771/
Motopoh771/
Moustoipha751/
Mostapha713,455/
Musthopa71345/
Mustopha71305/
Moutapha71205/
Mouttapa7193/
Moustapa7127/
Mustopfa718/
Mosthapa717/
Mothapha713/
Mothophi712/
Mustoppa712/
Mostapfa711/
Modtepha711/
Mothopho711/
Mohthapa711/
Mustopaj711/
Moustapha67100,819/
Matope6716,098/
Matapa672,352/
Mutapa671,684/
Mutopo671,112/
Matepa671,088/
Mutope67480/
Matopi67273/
Matopo67102/
Motapo6747/
Moustapah6728/
Mustopash6725/
Mosstapha6720/
Moustahpa6716/
Mouttappa6712/
Motapi6710/
Mosthapha677/
Mutopi676/
Metapa675/
Moostapha675/
Motape674/
Motepo673/
Metepa673/
Moistapha672/
Mossthapa671/
Mostatpha671/
Muostapha671/
Mostahpha671/
Matopá671/
Moudtapha671/
Moutaspha671/
Mouthapha671/
Moustäpha671/
Mmoutapha671/
Mustophat671/

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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
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  • 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 Motopa
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