Motus Surname
Approximately 1,047 people bear this surname
Motus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 635 | 1:159,430 | 26,279 |
| United States | 101 | 1:3,588,702 | 200,455 |
| Poland | 67 | 1:567,295 | 52,993 |
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Ukraine | 19 | 1:2,395,931 | 155,639 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Slovakia | 15 | 1:355,763 | 48,124 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 1:505,765 | 19,342 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Mõtus (123), Motús (5) & Mötus (4) are calculated separately.
Motus (15) may also be a first name.
Motus Demographics
Average Motus Salary in
United States
$43,916 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Motus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motus (Oriya: େମାଟୁସ, Russian: Мотус) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may also appear as a variant: Mõtus, Motús or Mötus. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motus? popularity and diffusion
Motus is the 348,836th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,960,407 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Motus live; 61 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Motus is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.
The surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 635 people, or 1 in 159,430. In The Philippines Motus is primarily concentrated in: National Capital Region, where 33 percent live, Western Visayas, where 29 percent live and Calabarzon, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this surname occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Poland, where 6 percent live.
Motus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Motus last name is chiefly Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Motus are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Motus earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.78% more than the national average, earning $43,916 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.36% less than the national average, earning $43,543 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Motus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Motus in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାଟୁସ | ematusa | - |
| Motus in the Russian language | ||
| Мотус | motus | - |
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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 Motus
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