The Motta surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,699 people carried this name — #8,241 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 344 people named Motta.
97 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
288 people named Motta live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Motta in American newspapers,
1943–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,192 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Motta.
- Moszkowicz 117 · U.S. census
- Mota 10,094 · U.S. census
- Motel 229 · U.S. census
- Mothes 121 · U.S. census
- Motin 128 · U.S. census
- Motsch 219 · U.S. census
- Mottaz 168 · U.S. census
- Motte 758 · U.S. census
- Mottes 135 · U.S. census
- Mottet 205 · U.S. census
- Motti 106 · U.S. census
- Mottin 142 · U.S. census
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