Motoye Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Motoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Motoye (17) may also be a first name.
Motoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motoye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Motoye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motoye? popularity and diffusion
Motoye is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motoye live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Motoye is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 17 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Motoye is mostly found in: Oyo, where 71 percent live, Kwara, where 14 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 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
- 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 Motoye
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