Mottram
English
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from the villages of Mottram in Longdendale and Mottram St Andrew, from the unattested Old English element *mōt (“meeting”) + either ærn (“house, hall”), rūm (“room, space”) or trēowum, dative plural form of trēow (“tree”).
Proper noun
editMottram (plural Mottrams)
- A surname from Old English.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mottram is the 40371st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 542 individuals. Mottram is most common among White (91.51%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mottram”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 626.