The Lamotte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,289 people carried this name — #13,326 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 128,200 people counted. That is up 10% from 2,075 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,417 people named Lamotte.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 410 people named Lamotte live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Lamotte live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Lamotte is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Lamotte in American newspapers,
1887–1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,037 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lamotte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mary Lamotte d. 1832
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Hester Lamotte 1606–1681
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Charles Lamotte 1695–1742 · cleric
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Charles Lamotte 1695–1741 · cleric
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Franz Lamotte 1751–1781 · composer
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Franz Lamotte 1751–1780 · composer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lamotte.
- Lamont 6,845 · U.S. census
- Lamontagne 3,539 · U.S. census
- Lamora 530 · U.S. census
- Lamore 925 · U.S. census
- Lamorte 712 · U.S. census
- Lamothe 3,409 · U.S. census
- Lamour 1,140 · U.S. census
- Lamoure 148 · U.S. census
- Lamoureux 3,361 · U.S. census
- Lampe 5,290 · U.S. census
- Lampert 3,484 · U.S. census
- Lamperti 133 · U.S. census
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