The Motton surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 537 people carried this name — #40,672 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 13% from 474 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Motton surname
Variant of Mutton.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Motton» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 162 people named Motton.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 print
Motton in American newspapers,
1901–1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,541 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Motton,
with a public archive behind them.
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Curt Motton 1940–2010 · baseball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Motton.
When the index is not enough
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