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Frequency: (133)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Dutch: topographic name from mot(t)e ‘mott’ (Old French mote), a mound or small hill on which a castle keep was built. This occurs in a number of place names, for example La Motte in Lessen, Hainault province.
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