How common is the surname Motte?

691 people in the United States had the surname Motte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 446,810 Americans. It ranked 33,121st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Motte?

Jason Motte, American baseball relief pitcher.

Where is the surname Motte most common?

Wikidata records people named Motte in the United States.

Is the surname Motte getting more or less common?

Less common. 758 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 691 in 2010, down 8.8%.

The surname Motte

A French surname, carried by 691 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). Motte is more common than 79.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

* As a French, Walloon, and West Flemish surname, from Old French mot, motte (“embankment, hill, mound”), from Medieval Latin mota (“fortified height”), which could be of Celtic origin and from Gaulish *mutt, *mutta (compare Welsh mwd (“vault, arch, canopy”), Irish móta (“moat”), though this itself could have been borrowed from the English) or otherwise of Germanic origin and from the root of mud. Compare Delamotte, Demotte, Lamotte. * As an English surname, variant of Mott. * As a German surname, perhaps from Motten in Bavaria, first attested 837, from the personal name Moto (compare *mōd (“courage, bravery”)).

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 691 people named Motte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 446,810 Americans. That is down 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 758.

#33,121

rank among US surnames

691

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-8.8%

change since 2000 (was #29,390)

Who is named Motte

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

69% of people named Motte identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
Two or more races 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mottes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jason Motte
American baseball relief pitcher, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Motte

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

Other French surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Motte come from?: * As a French, Walloon, and West Flemish surname, from Old French mot, motte (“embankment, hill, mound”), from Medieval Latin mota (“fortified height”), which could be of Celtic origin and from Gaulish *mutt, *mutta (compare Welsh mwd (“vault, arch, canopy”), Irish móta (“moat”), though this…
How common is the surname Motte?: 691 people in the United States had the surname Motte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 446,810 Americans. It ranked 33,121st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Motte?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Motte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Motte?: Jason Motte, American baseball relief pitcher.
Where is the surname Motte most common?: Wikidata records people named Motte in the United States.
Is the surname Motte getting more or less common?: Less common. 758 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 691 in 2010, down 8.8%.