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    The surname Motter

    A surname, carried by 2,897 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M360

    Motter: #10,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Motter #10,979, 2,897 people Motter: #10,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Motter #10,979, 2,897 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Motter is more common than 93.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,897 people named Motter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,574 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,755.

    #10,979
    rank among US surnames
    2,897
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,657)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,974Rabb2,899106,501
    #10,977Branstetter2,898106,537
    #10,979Lucier2,897106,574
    #10,983Mirabal2,896106,611
    #10,986Repp2,895106,648
    #10,987Locker2,894106,685

    Who is named Motter

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

    95% of people named Motter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Motter

    Motter has the Soundex code M360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Motter?
    2,897 people in the United States had the surname Motter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,574 Americans. It ranked 10,979th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Motter?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Motter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Motter getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,897 in 2010, up 5.2%.