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    The surname Lamotte

    A French surname, carried by 2,289 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L530

    Lamotte: #13,326 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lamotte #13,326, 2,289 people Lamotte: #13,326 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lamotte #13,326, 2,289 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lamotte is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Lamotte.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,289 people named Lamotte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,882 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,075.

    #13,326
    rank among US surnames
    2,289
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,459)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,322Trumbull2,290134,823
    #13,326Lamotte2,289134,882
    #13,330Bothwell2,288134,941
    #13,334Korb2,287135,000

    Who is named Lamotte

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    78% of people named Lamotte identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lamotte

    Lamotte has the Soundex code L530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L530.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lamotte come from?
    From French Lamotte.
    How common is the surname Lamotte?
    2,289 people in the United States had the surname Lamotte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,882 Americans. It ranked 13,326th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lamotte?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Lamotte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lamotte getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,289 in 2010, up 10%.