Motwana Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Motwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1711:316,82930,013
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Motwana (33) may also be a first name.

Motwana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Motwana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Motwana is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Motwana is the 1,310,135th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. Motwana is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motwana are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Motwana is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 33 people.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 316,829. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Free State, where 11 percent reside. Apart from South Africa Motwana is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.

Motwana Last Name Statistics demography

Motwana earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.95% more than the national average, earning R 242,280 per year.

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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 Motwana
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