Motor Surname

172,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Motor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,4421:53,9685,290
Nigeria3621:489,34524,522
Iran1941:395,78625,490
Poland1201:316,74036,993
Kenya1011:457,22724,042
Indonesia571:2,320,161139,963
India421:18,263,461278,402
Afghanistan241:1,339,71611,412
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
Ukraine221:2,069,213143,711
Pakistan171:10,508,46449,949
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England21:27,859,030389,889
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Motor (751) may also be a first name.

Motor Last Name Facts

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

Motor (Russian: Мотор, Tibetan: མུ་ཏུར་) is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Motor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Motor is the 172,624th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,924,376 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Motor reside; 47 percent reside in West Asia and 47 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 299,937th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 751 people.

The surname is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,442 people, or 1 in 53,968. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live, Antalya Province, where 11 percent live and Gumushane Province, where 10 percent live. Outside of Turkey this last name is found in 28 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and Iran, where 8 percent live.

Motor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mostor912,276/
Motore91499/
Mottor9197/
Moutor916/
Motorz915/
Motort914/
Motour913/
Mootor911/
Motoor911/
Moitor910/
Mothor910/
Moutour832,438/
Moutore83630/
Mootoor8376/
Moutoir8349/
Moetoer8334/
Mothorp8312/
Mootour834/
Mouthor834/
Mothoor834/
Mohtour831/
Mouttor831/
Mator801,855/
Motar801,538/
Motur80746/
Metor80358/
Mutor8072/
Motorova77323/
Moothoor7777/
Mouthorp7726/
Moustour778/
Motorowa771/
Matore732,629/
Mohtar732,555/
Motard732,064/
Mastor73835/
Mostar73824/
Mutore73798/
Mathor73437/
Matour73280/
Metuor73262/
Moutar73231/
Motare73200/
Mojtar73194/
Mottar73133/
Mothar73100/
Mattor7398/
Mautor7386/
Methor7379/
Mustor7348/
Moture7344/
Moitar7339/
Matoor7335/
Mottur7328/
Maator7326/
Mostur7321/
Muttor7318/
Modtar739/
Moteur738/
Mgutor736/
Meutor735/
Mothur734/
Mhotur733/
Muthor733/
Mahtor732/
Mutoir732/
Motahr732/
Metoor732/
Mootar731/
Mmotar731/
Motart731/
Matoir731/
Matord731/
Madtor731/
Moturz731/
Mutord731/
Mutour731/
Matuor731/
Mehtor731/
Meetor731/
Mettor730/
Moitur730/
Mastour6710,105/
Mochtar673,130/
Mottard671,153/
Motahar671,151/
Moutard671,000/
Mastoor67589/
Mostare67550/
Mattoir67425/
Mettour67413/
Mehtour67397/
Matorre67355/
Mathoor67334/
Mohture67301/
Mouthar67256/
Mostard67244/
Mottart67216/
Mathore67204/
Muthoor67130/
Mastore67118/
Mostart67103/
Mouhtar67100/
Moutare6780/
Mattord6769/
Mustorp6768/
Matoure6752/
Mahator6749/
Mautord6748/
Mohthar6745/
Mutoore6740/
Maatour6740/
Mahtour6736/
Motture6734/
Moehtar6734/
Mustoor6713/
Mothard679/
Methoor679/
Mothtar679/
Mothare677/
Mouttar677/
Machtor675/
Mattour674/
Moothar674/
Mohttar674/
Moustar674/
Matoorp673/
Moostur673/
Mautort673/
Mojhtar673/
Mohhtar673/
Moshtar672/
Mautore671/
Mattore671/
Mooture671/
Mosture671/
Matthor671/
Mottare671/
Mattoor671/
Matoore671/
Madtorp671/
Mothaar671/
Mouture671/
Mojtard671/
Mojtart671/
Mohdtar671/
Mojthar671/
Mohtaar671/
Masstor671/
Mastord671/
Mustorr670/
Mattort670/
Mothart670/

Motor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Motor in the Tibetan language
མུ་ཏུར་mutur50
མོ་ཏྲོར།motror50
Motor in the Russian language
Моторmotor-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Motor
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