Motowa Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Motowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Motowa (303) may also be a first name.
Motowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motowa occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. Motowa is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Motowa are found; 79 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 505,965th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 303 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Besides The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 6 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
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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 Motowa
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