Motowo Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Motowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Motowo (34) may also be a first name.

Motowo Last Name Facts

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

Motowo occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Motowo? popularity and diffusion

Motowo is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Motowo is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Motowo live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Motowo is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 34 people.

The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Motoywo929/
Mostowo921/
Mostowoj867/
Matowo831,881/
Mutowo83678/
Motobo83107/
Motowa8334/
Motewo8319/
Metowo8312/
Motawo835/
Motovo832/
Motuwo831/
Mostowa77189/
Moitobo77127/
Mattowo7791/
Motoubo7788/
Motovoi7723/
Motaboo7722/
Mothowa7711/
Mathowo775/
Motovoy774/
Maetowo774/
Moitovo772/
Moutobo772/
Motoiwa772/
Mothobo772/
Motobou771/
Matoowo771/
Mostovo771/
Motoewa771/
Mothewo771/
Moutewo771/
Mostovoy714,038/
Mostovoi711,422/
Mothoiwa7131/
Mostovoj7118/
Mostowój712/
Mostovou711/
Mothowah711/
Motawous711/
Motawood711/
Motovojs711/
Motova671,853/
Matobo671,581/
Motawa671,430/
Mutobo671,322/
Mutowa67835/
Matowa67651/
Motabo67601/
Mutovo67404/
Motoba67243/
Matawo67133/
Matewo67133/
Mutawo67131/
Matuwo67102/
Motewa6796/
Matovo6790/
Motuwa6750/
Metowa6736/
Mostovojs6730/
Moutoubou6714/
Motavo676/
Matoswood673/
Mostovois671/

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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 Motowo
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