Mottershead

Mottershead Meaning & Origin

About Mottershead
The surname Mottershead is of English origin and is derived from the Old English personal name "Mott", a diminutive form of "Maurice", combined with the word "head", meaning "hill" or "headland". Therefore, the meaning of the surname Mottershead can be interpreted as "the hill or headland belonging to Mott or Maurice".

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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Mottershead is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Mottershead: 198
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 92,719
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.07

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Mottershead based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

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Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
MTRXT
🗽 NYSIIS
MNA
🔊 Soundex
M0306203
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
M AA1 T ER0 SH EH2 D
🌐 IPA
/mottershead*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('MTRXT', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
M362

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Mottershead in Braille

Here's how to represent Mottershead in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Mottershead in braille

How to sign the name Mottershead using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Mottershead using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Mottershead in sign language

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