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 found most in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motuna? popularity and diffusion
The last name Motuna is the 2,944,094th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. Motuna occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Motuna reside; 77 percent reside in Central Africa and 77 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Motuna is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name internationally, held by 12 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Excluding The DR Congo this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
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
- 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 Motuna
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