Motuma Surname
Approximately 7,188 people bear this surname
Motuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 7,083 | 1:13,772 | 1,955 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Motuma (17,020) may also be a first name.
Motuma Demographics
Average Motuma Salary in
South Africa
R 100,428
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Motuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Motuma (Oriya: େମାଟୁମା, Russian: Мотума) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motuma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 69,030th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,013,849 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motuma are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Motuma is also the 42,499th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 17,020 people.
The surname Motuma is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 7,083 people, or 1 in 13,772. Excluding Ethiopia Motuma occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Motuma Last Name Statistics demography
Motuma earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.74% less than the national average, earning R 100,428 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motuma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motuma in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାଟୁମା | ematuma | - |
| Motuma in the Russian language | ||
| Мотума | motuma | - |
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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 Motuma
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