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    The surname Mole

    A surname, carried by 1,393 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /məʊl/ 1 syllable Soundex M400

    Mole: #19,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mole #19,398, 1,393 people Mole: #19,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mole #19,398, 1,393 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mole is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,393 people named Mole in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,392.

    #19,398
    rank among US surnames
    1,393
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #18,354)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,390Rifkin1,394221,482
    #19,398Zaborowski1,393221,641

    Who is named Mole

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    70% of people named Mole identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Moles

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mole

    Mole has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mole come from?
    From Latin mola (“mill”), or otherwise a back-formation from Molesey (“Mul's Island”).
    How common is the surname Mole?
    1,393 people in the United States had the surname Mole in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. It ranked 19,398th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mole?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Mole identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mole?
    Miff Mole, American jazz musician (1898–1961), followed by Arthur Mole.
    Where is the surname Mole most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mole in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Mole?
    Mole is /məʊl/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Mole getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,393 in 2010, up 0.1%.