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    The surname Motta

    An Italian surname, carried by 4,173 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M300

    Motta: #7,929 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Motta #7,929, 4,173 people Motta: #7,929 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Motta #7,929, 4,173 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Motta is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Motta.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,173 people named Motta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,986 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,699.

    #7,929
    rank among US surnames
    4,173
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.8%
    change since 2000 (was #8,241)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,925Laux4,17673,933
    #7,926Roop4,17573,951
    #7,928Barto4,17473,969
    #7,929Constant4,17373,986

    Who is named Motta

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

    67% of people named Motta identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Motta

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Motta come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Motta.
    How common is the surname Motta?
    4,173 people in the United States had the surname Motta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,986 Americans. It ranked 7,929th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Motta?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Motta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Motta getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,173 in 2010, up 13%.