How common is the surname Motz?

2,354 people in the United States had the surname Motz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. It ranked 13,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Motz?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Motz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Motz getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,354 in 2010, down 3.3%.

The surname Motz

A surname, carried by 2,354 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Motz is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,354 people named Motz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,435.

#13,042

rank among US surnames

2,354

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-3.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,781)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,034	Weight	2,356	131,046
#13,037	Cargile	2,355	131,102
#13,042	Motz	2,354	131,158
#13,049	Atkin	2,353	131,214

Who is named Motz

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

93% of people named Motz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Motz

Motz has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

Questions

How common is the surname Motz?: 2,354 people in the United States had the surname Motz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. It ranked 13,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Motz?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Motz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Motz getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,354 in 2010, down 3.3%.