The Motz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,354 people carried this name — #13,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 2,435 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 161 people named Motz.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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
54 people named Motz live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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 print
Motz in American newspapers,
1891.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,253 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Motz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Christian Motz 1604–1683 · military personnel -
Paulus Motz 1817–1904 · writer -
John Motz 1830–1911 · editor -
Bolesław Motz 1865–1935 · physician -
Anna Motz 1575–1644
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Christine de Maistre 1727–1774
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Motz.
- Mottin 150 · U.S. census
- Motto 1,521 · U.S. census
- Motton 537 · U.S. census
- Mottu 169 · U.S. census
- Motyka 1,207 · U.S. census
- Motyl 353 · U.S. census
- Moua 14,013 · U.S. census
- Mougey 180 · U.S. census
- Mougin 134 · U.S. census
- Mouhot 108 · U.S. census
- Mouille 155 · U.S. census
- Moule 267 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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