The Motel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 216 people carried this name — #86,314 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 6% from 229 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 221 people named Motel.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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 Poland’s population register
74 people named Motel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 87 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Who carried it
People named Motel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Beate Motel 1941–
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Raphael Motel 2001– · badminton player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Motel.
- Mossler 127 · U.S. census
- Mosso 969 · U.S. census
- Mosson 222 · U.S. census
- Most 1,645 · U.S. census
- Moszkowicz 121 · U.S. census
- Mota 14,182 · U.S. census
- Mothes 121 · U.S. census
- Motin 144 · U.S. census
- Motsch 225 · U.S. census
- Motta 4,173 · U.S. census
- Mottaz 169 · U.S. census
- Motte 691 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Motel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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