# Mole (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mole/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,393 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,398 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 221,641 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (1,392 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məʊl/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Latin mola (“mill”), or otherwise a back-formation from Molesey (“Mul's Island”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mole in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mole in the United States.

## People named Mole

- Miff Mole, American jazz musician (1898–1961)
- Arthur Mole, American photographer (1889–1983)

## Similar surnames

Moll, Molloy, Mele, Moyle, Male, Mule, Moul, Mowell, Malloy, Mello, Melo, Mull.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.