# Mott (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mott/  
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) | 17,092 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,117 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,064 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (17,013 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Motte. * Also as an English surname, from a medieval pet form of Matilda. Also see Mould. * As a German surname, from the root of the noun Moder (“swamp, decomposing mass”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mott 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mott in the United States and Brazil.

## People named Mott

- John Mott, American Methodist and founder of the YMCA (1865–1955)
- Lucretia Mott, American quaker missionary
- Luiz Mott, Brazilian activist
- James W. Mott, American politician (1883-1945)

## Similar surnames

Mota, Matt, Mote, Motta, Motto, Motte, Mowatt, Moody, Mata, Mead, Meade, Mehta.

## 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.