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    The surname Mottram

    An English place surname, carried by 542 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M365

    Mottram: #40,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mottram #40,371, 542 people Mottram: #40,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Mottram #40,371, 542 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mottram is more common than 75.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from the villages of Mottram in Longdendale and Mottram St Andrew, from the unattested Old English element *mōt (“meeting”) + either ærn (“house, hall”), rūm (“room, space”) or trēowum, dative plural form of trēow (“tree”).

    Mottram is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 542 people named Mottram in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 494.

    #40,371
    rank among US surnames
    542
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #41,522)

    Who is named Mottram

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

    92% of people named Mottram identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mottrams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Craig Mottram
      Australian distance runner, born 1980

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mottram come from?
    Habitational surname from the villages of Mottram in Longdendale and Mottram St Andrew, from the unattested Old English element *mōt (“meeting”) + either ærn (“house, hall”), rūm (“room, space”) or trēowum, dative plural form of trēow (“tree”).
    How common is the surname Mottram?
    542 people in the United States had the surname Mottram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. It ranked 40,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mottram?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mottram identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Mottram?
    Craig Mottram, Australian distance runner.
    Where is the surname Mottram most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mottram in Australia.
    What type of surname is Mottram?
    Mottram is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Mottram getting more or less common?
    More common. 494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 542 in 2010, up 9.7%.