Motsu Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Motsu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 176 | 1:12,426 | 2,362 |
| Lesotho | 160 | 1:12,703 | 2,815 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
Motsu (71) may also be a first name.
Motsu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motsu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Motsu (Russian: Моцу) has its highest incidence in Botswana. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motsu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 685,266th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 16,830,360 people. The surname Motsu occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Motsu live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Motsu is also the 1,152,838th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 71 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 12,426. Outside of Botswana it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 37 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motsu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motsu in the Russian language | ||
| Моцу | mocu | - |
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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 Motsu
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