as a Last Name
- 3,665
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Lamothe
Meaning & Origins
French: topographic name for someone who lived by a fortified stronghold, Old French motte, a word of Gaulish origin denoting a hillock or mound (see Moat), with the definite article la. The surname is also a habitational name from any of several places named with this word.
| 8,893rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,665
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Lamothe per capita
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