How common is the surname Mottola?

1,175 people in the United States had the surname Mottola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. It ranked 22,056th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mottola?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mottola identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mottola?

Greg Mottola, American film director, screenwriter & television director (born 1964), followed by Tommy Mottola.

Where is the surname Mottola most common?

Wikidata records people named Mottola in the United States.

Is the surname Mottola getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,175 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Mottola

A surname, carried by 1,175 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mottola is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,175 people named Mottola in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,210.

#22,056

rank among US surnames

1,175

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #20,413)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,047	Whistler	1,176	262,539
#22,056	Hopf	1,175	262,762

Who is named Mottola

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

94% of people named Mottola identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mottolas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Greg Mottola
American film director, screenwriter & television director (born 1964)
Tommy Mottola
American music executive, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mottola

Mottola has the Soundex code M340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M340.

Questions

How common is the surname Mottola?: 1,175 people in the United States had the surname Mottola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. It ranked 22,056th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mottola?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mottola identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mottola?: Greg Mottola, American film director, screenwriter & television director (born 1964), followed by Tommy Mottola.
Where is the surname Mottola most common?: Wikidata records people named Mottola in the United States.
Is the surname Mottola getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,175 in 2010, down 2.9%.