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The MOTLEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 9,966 3301 0.004 37
United States (1880 census) 1,943 3045 0.004 39
Change since 1880 +8023 -256 0 -2
Other Countries
Australia 118 12255 0.001 7
United Kingdom 545 8339 0.001 12
Top States for MOTLEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Virginia 1,260 726 0.018 178
Texas 744 3233 0.004 36
Alabama 687 1128 0.015 154
North Carolina 580 2088 0.007 72
Michigan 557 2133 0.006 56
Top States for MOTLEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Virginia 1,260 726 0.018 178
Alabama 687 1128 0.015 154
Oklahoma 250 1991 0.007 72
North Carolina 580 2088 0.007 72
Missouri 367 2106 0.007 66

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MOTLEY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MOTLEY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MOTLEY in Virginia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MOTLEY by picking someone at random in Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MOTLEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MOTLEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MOTLEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MOTLEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 209 2.1
White (Hispanic) 149 1.5
Native American/Alaskan 77 0.77
Asian/Pacific 31 0.31
White (Caucasian) 5,479 54.98
Black/African American 4,021 40.35

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MOTLEY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MOTLEY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MOTLEY.

Similar names to MOTLEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MOTLEY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MOTLEY

The following words are slight variants of MOTLEY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.