Motso Surname
Approximately 1,240 people bear this surname
Motso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 707 | 1:29,376 | 3,961 |
| Ukraine | 256 | 1:177,823 | 24,370 |
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| South Africa | 52 | 1:1,041,879 | 63,251 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 1:338,760 | 16,589 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Motso (96) may also be a first name.
Motso Demographics
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Motso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Motso (Georgian: მოცო, Russian: Моцьо) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motso? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 305,241st most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,877,053 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Motso live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Motso is also the 968,397th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 96 people.
Motso is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 707 people, or 1 in 29,376. In Cameroon Motso is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 44 percent live, Littoral Region, where 31 percent live and Centre Region, where 21 percent live. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
Motso Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Orthodox (64%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Motso are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Motso earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.72% less than the national average, earning R 55,320 per year and in United States they earn 5.45% more than the national average, earning $45,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motso in the Georgian language | ||
| მოცო | motso | - |
| Motso in the Russian language | ||
| Моцьо | moco | - |
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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 Motso
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