How common is the surname Motes?

3,631 people in the United States had the surname Motes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,030 Americans. It ranked 9,006th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Motes getting more or less common?

More common. 3,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,631 in 2010, up 9.2%.

The surname Motes

A surname, carried by 3,631 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Motes is more common than 94.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,631 people named Motes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,030 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,326.

#9,006

rank among US surnames

3,631

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,036)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,999	Turgeon	3,635	84,937
#9,001	Nolt	3,634	84,960
#9,003	Hames	3,633	84,984
#9,006	Cogan	3,631	85,030
#9,011	Hirst	3,630	85,054
#9,013	Traynor	3,628	85,101

Who is named Motes

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

86% of people named Motes identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Motes

Motes has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

Questions

How common is the surname Motes?: 3,631 people in the United States had the surname Motes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,030 Americans. It ranked 9,006th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Motes?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Motes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Motes getting more or less common?: More common. 3,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,631 in 2010, up 9.2%.