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Motto Name Meaning
Italian: when not a masculinized form of Motta, from a
shortened pet form of a personal name ending in -mo.Scottish: perhaps a habitational name from a lost place named with
Middle English motte ‘fortified stronghold’ + ho(e)
‘ridge’, ‘hill’. pwh.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Motto
Name Distribution of Motto Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Motto families
 20 - 37  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Motto families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Motto census records
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Motto Family Origin
Motto Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Motto
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Motto Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Motto census records
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Motto Civil War Service Records
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