# Motes (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,631 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,006 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 85,030 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.2% (3,326 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Motes 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Moats, Mattes, Motz, Mateos, Moates, Mates, Mathes, Matthews, Mathis, Mathews, Meadows, Maddox.

## 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.