How common is the surname Molina?

96,979 people in the United States had the surname Molina in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,184 Americans. It ranked 320th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Molina?

Alfred Molina, British actor, followed by Nahuel Molina.

Where is the surname Molina most common?

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

How do you pronounce Molina?

Molina is /mɵˈlinə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Molina getting more or less common?

More common. 70,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 96,979 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Molina

A Spanish occupational surname, carried by 96,979 people in the United States.

Pronounced /mɵˈlinə/ 3 syllables Soundex M450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Molina is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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

Molina is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 96,979 people named Molina in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,184 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 70,211.

#320

rank among US surnames

96,979

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+38.1%

change since 2000 (was #417)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#311	Douglas	101,458	3,043
#312	Schneider	101,290	3,048
#313	Joseph	100,959	3,058
#314	Barrett	100,104	3,084
#315	Navarro	99,807	3,093
#316	Figueroa	98,468	3,135
#317	Keller	98,268	3,142

Who is named Molina

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

90% of people named Molina identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Two or more races 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Molinas

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alfred Molina
British actor, born 1953
Nahuel Molina
Argentine association football player, born 1998
Jason Molina
American singer-songwriter, 1973–2013
Adrian Molina
American screenwriter, born 1985
José Domingo Molina Gómez
Argentine general (1896–1969)
Juana Molina
Argentine singer-songwriter and actress, born 1961
José Molina
Baseball catcher, born 1975
Fabíola Molina
Brazilian swimmer, born 1975
Gonzalo Molina
Argentine cyclist, born 1995
Ralph Molina
American rock musician, born 1943
Jose Molina
American screenwriter, born 1971
Florencio Molina Campos
Argentine artist (1891-1959)

Notable Molinas come mostly from the United States (7), Argentina (6) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Molina

Molina has the Soundex code M450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M450.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Molina come from?: From Spanish and Italian, both from Latin Molina "of a mill", from mola "mill" + -ina. Compare Miller.
How common is the surname Molina?: 96,979 people in the United States had the surname Molina in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,184 Americans. It ranked 320th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Molina?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Molina identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Molina?: Alfred Molina, British actor, followed by Nahuel Molina.
Where is the surname Molina most common?: Wikidata records people named Molina in the United States, Argentina and Brazil.
How do you pronounce Molina?: Molina is /mɵˈlinə/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Molina?: Molina is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Molina getting more or less common?: More common. 70,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 96,979 in 2010, up 38%.