# Molina (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 96,979 |
| US rank (2010) | 320 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,184 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (70,211 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /mɵˈlinə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish and Italian, both from Latin Molina "of a mill", from mola "mill" + -ina. Compare Miller.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Molina 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) | 5.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 90% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Molina in the United States, Argentina and Brazil.

## People named Molina

- Alfred Molina, British actor
- Nahuel Molina, Argentine association football player
- Jason Molina, American singer-songwriter
- Adrian Molina, American screenwriter
- José Domingo Molina Gómez, Argentine general (1896–1969)
- Juana Molina, Argentine singer-songwriter and actress
- José Molina, baseball catcher
- Fabíola Molina, Brazilian swimmer
- Gonzalo Molina, Argentine cyclist
- Ralph Molina, American rock musician
- Jose Molina, American screenwriter
- Florencio Molina Campos, Argentine artist (1891-1959)

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Milan, Malin, Moline, Moloney, Moylan, Melin, Milone, Molino, Molano, Mollohan, Malone, Mullen.

## 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.