Motsem Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Motsem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
Motsem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motsem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Motsem occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motsem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,967,751st most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name Motsem is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Motsem live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 250,230. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: West Region, where 57 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 24 percent reside and Centre Region, where 19 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Motsem
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