Last Name MOTTE

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Meaning	Local: At the moat, a dike, an embankment; the same as French 'motte,' a mound; also 'mothe,' a little earthen fortresse. Also 'the son of Motte.'

Origin	English, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	29,390 (2000 US census)	29,928 (1990 US census)

Count	758 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

72.82%, or 552 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
20.45%, or 155 total occurrences, as black,
0.92%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.66%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.24%, or 17 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.9%, or 22 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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