Motowaki Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Motowaki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 127 | 1:1,006,648 | 20,129 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Motowaki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motowaki Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motowaki has its highest incidence in Japan. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motowaki? popularity and diffusion
The surname Motowaki is the 1,558,593rd most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The last name Motowaki is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Motowaki live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 1,006,648. In Japan it is most numerous in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 56 percent are found, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 37 percent are found and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 3 percent are found. Besides Japan this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 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 Motowaki
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