The invention relates to a method for detecting an object in a surrounding region (7) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein a plurality of measuring sequences are carried out, wherein in each measuring sequence at least one measurement point (8, 9) is determined by a control device (3) based on the sensor signals from at least two distance sensors (4), said measurement point describing a relative position between the motor vehicle (1) and the object, wherein it is checked by the control device (3) whether the measurement points (8, 9) determined during at least two of the measuring sequences have a predetermined spatial deviation to one another, wherein a distribution (s) of the measurement points (8, 9) is determined in the event that the measurement points (8, 9) have said predetermined spatial deviation to one another.