Mota (surname)
Mota is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. The name is topographic, originally used for someone who lived near a fortified stronghold. Mota has several versions including Motta, Motte, and Mott or Moat. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aarón Padilla Mota, Mexican footballer
- Adolfo Mota Hernández, Mexican politician
- Agostinho José da Mota, Brazilian painter
- Altagracia Ugalde Mota, Mexican singer-songwriter
- Andy Mota, Dominican baseball player
- Antonio Mota, Mexican football goalkeeper
- António Mota, Portuguese trader and explorer
- António Mota , Portuguese author
- Bernardo Mota, Portuguese tennis player
- Bethany Mota, American YouTuber
- Bruno da Mota Miranda, Brazilian footballer
- Carlos de la Mota, Dominican Actor, singer, and architect
- Carlos Mota Pinto, Portuguese professor and politician
- Daniel da Mota, Luxembourgish footballer
- Danny Mota, Dominican baseball player
- Dany Mota, Luxembourgish footballer
- David Mota, Spanish rugby player
- Erika Mota, Dominican volleyball player
- Fabielle Mota, Brazilian cyclist
- Feliciano de la Mota Botello, Argentine politician
- Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco, Mexican businessman
- Gisela Mota Ocampo, Mexican politician
- Guillermo Mota, Dominican baseball player
- Helder Mota Ricardo, East Timorese footballer
- Hélder Mota, Portuguese footballer
- Javi Mota, Spanish singer, actor, dancer, and model
- Jean Mota, Brazilian footballer
- João Pedro de Almeida Mota, Portuguese composer
- João Soares da Mota Neto, Brazilian footballer
- Joaquim Magalhães Mota, Portuguese lawyer and politician
- José Mota, multiple people
- Josefina Vázquez Mota, Mexican businesswoman and politician
- Juan Claudio de la Hoz y Mota, Spanish dramatist
- Julie Mota, Papua New Guinean writer, poet and artist
- Kimberly Altagracia Castillo Mota, Dominican model
- Manny Mota, Dominican baseball player
- Manuel de Regla Mota, Dominican politician
- Mariana Mota, Uruguayan judge
- Mario de Souza Mota, Brazilian footballer
- Miraildes Maciel Mota, Brazilian footballer known as Formiga
- Patrícia Mota, Dominican actress and film producer
- Paulo Sérgio Mota, Portuguese footballer
- Renan Mota, Brazilian footballer
- Rosa Mota, Portuguese marathon runner
- Salvador Mota, Mexican football goalkeeper
- Sérgio Mota, Brazilian footballer
- Telmário Mota, Brazilian politician and journalist
- Tiago Mota, multiple people
- Valdemar Mota, Portuguese footballer
- Walquir Mota, Brazilian footballer
