# Moten (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/moten/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,734 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,071 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 65,219 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (4,088 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moten in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 9.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 4.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Moten in the United States.

## People named Moten

- Bennie Moten, American musician (1894–1935)
- Aaron Moten, American actor (born 1989)
- Etta Moten Barnett, American singer, actress, and activist (1901–2004)
- Lawrence Moten, American basketball player (1972–2025)
- Fred Moten, American poet and scholar

## Similar surnames

Mouton, Moton, Mitten, Medina, Madden, Matheny, Matney, Maiden, Metheny, Mitton, Matheney, Madonna.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.