How common is the surname Mott?

17,092 people in the United States had the surname Mott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,064 Americans. It ranked 2,117th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mott?

John Mott, American Methodist and founder of the YMCA (1865–1955), followed by Lucretia Mott.

Where is the surname Mott most common?

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

Is the surname Mott getting more or less common?

More common. 17,013 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,092 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Mott

A surname, carried by 17,092 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mott is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

* 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”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,092 people named Mott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,064 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 17,013.

#2,117

rank among US surnames

17,092

people in 2010

5.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,941)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,108	Bellamy	17,167	17,985
#2,109	McLain	17,152	18,001
#2,110	Greco	17,150	18,003
#2,111	Zimmer	17,146	18,007
#2,112	Moseley	17,130	18,024
#2,113	Quigley	17,121	18,033
#2,114	Atwood	17,112	18,043

Who is named Mott

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

85% of people named Mott identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Motts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Mott
American Methodist and founder of the YMCA (1865–1955)
Lucretia Mott
American quaker missionary, 1793–1880
Luiz Mott
Brazilian activist, born 1946
James W. Mott
American politician (1883-1945)

Notable Motts come mostly from the United States (3) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mott

Mott has the Soundex code M300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M300.

Questions

Where does the surname Mott come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Mott?: 17,092 people in the United States had the surname Mott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,064 Americans. It ranked 2,117th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mott?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Mott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mott?: John Mott, American Methodist and founder of the YMCA (1865–1955), followed by Lucretia Mott.
Where is the surname Mott most common?: Wikidata records people named Mott in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Mott getting more or less common?: More common. 17,013 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,092 in 2010, up 0.5%.