How common is the surname Moles?

2,778 people in the United States had the surname Moles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. It ranked 11,355th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moles?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Moles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Moles?

Osvaldo Moles, Brazilian journalist, radio announcer and lyricist.

Where is the surname Moles most common?

Wikidata records people named Moles in Brazil.

Is the surname Moles getting more or less common?

More common. 2,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,778 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Moles

A surname, carried by 2,778 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moles is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,778 people named Moles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,741.

#11,355

rank among US surnames

2,778

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,696)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,348	Aubuchon	2,780	111,060
#11,354	Carmon	2,779	111,100
#11,355	Summer	2,778	111,140
#11,362	Roussel	2,777	111,180

Who is named Moles

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

93% of people named Moles identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moless

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Osvaldo Moles
Brazilian journalist, radio announcer and lyricist, 1913–1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moles

Moles has the Soundex code M420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M420.

Questions

How common is the surname Moles?: 2,778 people in the United States had the surname Moles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. It ranked 11,355th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moles?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Moles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Moles?: Osvaldo Moles, Brazilian journalist, radio announcer and lyricist.
Where is the surname Moles most common?: Wikidata records people named Moles in Brazil.
Is the surname Moles getting more or less common?: More common. 2,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,778 in 2010, up 1.3%.