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    The surname Moton

    A surname, carried by 4,144 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M350

    Moton: #7,977 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Moton #7,977, 4,144 people Moton: #7,977 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Moton #7,977, 4,144 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moton is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,144 people named Moton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,504 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,482.

    #7,977
    rank among US surnames
    4,144
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19%
    change since 2000 (was #8,688)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,972Lechner4,14974,414
    #7,974Chancellor4,14774,450
    #7,975McCutchen4,14674,468
    #7,977Treece4,14474,504
    #7,980Trussell4,14374,522

    Who is named Moton

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

    78% of people named Moton identified as Black (not Hispanic), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 78%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moton

    Moton has the Soundex code M350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Moton?
    4,144 people in the United States had the surname Moton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,504 Americans. It ranked 7,977th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moton?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Moton identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Moton getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,144 in 2010, up 19%.