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Mottrum Surname Definition:
(English) belonging to Mottram (Chesh.) = Modhere’s Home or Estate [v. under the preceding name (Mottershead is close to Mottram), and + Old English hám, home, &c.] An Adam de Mottrum was gaoler of Macclesfield and bailiff of the forest there in the middle of the 14th cent.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
Mottrum Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) belonging to Mottram (Chesh.) = Modhere’s Home or Estate [v. under the preceding name (Mottershead is close to Mottram), and + Old English hám, home, &c.] An Adam de Mottrum was gaoler of Macclesfield and bailiff of the forest there in the middle of the 14th cent.— Chesh. Chmbrln.’s Accts., A.D. 1301-60.
— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motrum | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mottrom | 86 | 44 | / |
| Mostrum | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mothrum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mohtrum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muttrum | 86 | 0 | / |
| Morum | 83 | 259 | / |
| Mostraum | 80 | 56 | / |
| Moreum | 77 | 1,081 | / |
| Motrun | 77 | 96 | / |
| Morume | 77 | 26 | / |
| Morhum | 77 | 13 | / |
| Moruim | 77 | 10 | / |
| Mohrum | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mourum | 77 | 2 | / |
| Matrum | 77 | 2 | / |
| Morgum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moruum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Motrom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moorum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mouroum | 71 | 193 | / |
| Motrung | 71 | 80 | / |
| Mourume | 71 | 38 | / |
| Mastrum | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mottron | 71 | 8 | / |
| Matroum | 71 | 2 | / |
| Moorume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moroume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moorgum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morusim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mautrum | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mattrom | 71 | 0 | / |
| Meetrum | 71 | 0 | / |
| Marum | 67 | 3,110 | / |
| Morom | 67 | 798 | / |
| Morun | 67 | 729 | / |
| Moruń | 67 | 149 | / |
| Mourgoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouroume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mostrung | 67 | 1 | / |
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