Motzkau Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Motzkau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motzkau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1661:484,97341,888
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Motzkau Last Name Facts

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

Motzkau occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Motzkau? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,315,412th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Motzkau live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 484,973. In Germany it is most common in: Saxony, where 26 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 23 percent live. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Motzkaus931/
Motzka9246/
Motzkat8646/
Moutzka861/
Matzkau861/
Motzko771,054/
Matzka77976/
Metzka77124/
Matzku7753/
Moczka7731/
Motzca771/
Matzkat7144/
Matzkus7121/
Mautzka7119/
Mehtzka7115/
Motchka7111/
Mojczka715/
Metzhka715/
Motskas711/
Motskou711/
Motzcus711/
Moçka67485/
Motzkeit6726/
Mozca6710/
Močka6710/
Motschka673/
Moutskai671/
Mazku671/
Matzkait671/
Mocku670/

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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 Motzkau
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