How common is the surname Motto?

1,521 people in the United States had the surname Motto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. It ranked 18,262nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Motto?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Motto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Motto getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,521 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Motto

A surname, carried by 1,521 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Motto is more common than 88.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,521 people named Motto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,566.

#18,262

rank among US surnames

1,521

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,783)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,253	Berberich	1,522	202,855
#18,262	Raybon	1,521	202,989

Who is named Motto

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

88% of people named Motto identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Motto

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

Questions

How common is the surname Motto?: 1,521 people in the United States had the surname Motto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. It ranked 18,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Motto?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Motto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Motto getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,521 in 2010, down 2.9%.