Moten

Moten is a surname and, less commonly, a place name. It is encountered in several English-speaking countries and appears in historical records dating back several centuries.

The origin of Moten is not definitively established. Etymological explanations typically treat it as either a habitational surname connected to a locality named Moten or a derivative of an earlier language influence that affected English surname formation.

In modern usage, Moten occurs most often in the United States, with smaller but persistent occurrences in the United Kingdom and other regions with historical English influence.

Notable individuals with the Moten surname have contributed to a range of fields, including science, education, the arts, and public service; biographical references would typically enumerate representative figures.

Beyond people, Moten may appear as a toponym in some places and as a surname for fictional characters in literature and media; in such cases the spelling variations Moten and related forms may appear.