Motuna Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Motuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Motuna (12) may also be a first name.
Motuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motuna (Marathi: मोतुना) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motuna? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Motuna live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 77 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Motuna is also the 3,306,491st most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Other than The DR Congo this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motuna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motuna in the Marathi language | ||
| मोतुना | motuna | - |
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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 Motuna
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