Motley

Motley is the 3,520th most common surname in the United States, shared by 9,887 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 30,200.

By the numbers

People: 9,887
Rank: 3,520th
How common: 1 in 30,200
Per 100,000: 3.3

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Motley described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 50.4%
Black, not Hispanic 39.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Motley

John Lothrop Motley (1814–1877)American historian and diplomat
Johnathan Motley (born 1995)American basketball player
Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005)American politician and judge

People named Motley with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Motley

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.