Mota Family History
Mota Name Meaning
Spanish and Portuguese: topographic name for someone who lived
by a fortified stronghold, from mot(t)a, a borrowing from Old
French motte (see Motte 1).Spanish: habitational
name from places in the provinces of Cuenca and Valladolid named
Mota.Catalan: topographic name from mota ‘hillock’,
denoting someone who lived by a hillock.Catalan:
habitational name from places in Girona and Valencia. RS.
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Name Distribution of Mota Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mota families
 10 - 18  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mota families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mota Family Origin
Mota Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Mota
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Mota Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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