Motota Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Motota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 181 | 1:730,659 | 56,271 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Motota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motota occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motota? popularity and diffusion
The surname Motota is the 959,117th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 26,792,448 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Motota live; 67 percent live in Southeast Asia and 67 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name Motota is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 730,659. In Indonesia Motota is most common in: Gorontalo, where 59 percent are found, North Sulawesi, where 28 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found and Botswana, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Motota
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