Motoum Surname
Approximately 541 people bear this surname
Motoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 517 | 1:40,172 | 5,354 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Motoum (21) may also be a first name.
Motoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motoum is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Motoum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Motoum is the 580,291st most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,470,510 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Motoum live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Motoum is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 517 people, or 1 in 40,172. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 45 percent are found, Centre Region, where 27 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 27 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 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 Motoum
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