How common is the surname Moll?

7,131 people in the United States had the surname Moll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,296 Americans. It ranked 4,938th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moll?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Moll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Moll?

Richard Moll, American actor (1943–2023), followed by Carl Moll.

Where is the surname Moll most common?

Wikidata records people named Moll in the United States, Austria and the Kingdom of Great Britain and 1 other country.

Is the surname Moll getting more or less common?

More common. 6,844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,131 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Moll

A surname, carried by 7,131 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moll is more common than 97% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,131 people named Moll in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,296 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,844.

#4,938

rank among US surnames

7,131

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,739)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,933	Loving	7,135	43,272
#4,934	Bocanegra	7,134	43,278
#4,936	Ridge	7,133	43,284
#4,938	Moll	7,131	43,296
#4,939	Roddy	7,127	43,321

Who is named Moll

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

90% of people named Moll identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Molls

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Moll
American actor (1943–2023)
Carl Moll
Austrian artist (1861-1945)
Herman Moll
18th-century English cartographer (1654–1732)
James Moll
American film director, born 1963
Hana Moll
American athlete, born 2005
Karl von Moll
Austrian entomologist, 1760–1838

Notable Molls come mostly from the United States (3), Austria (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moll

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

Questions

How common is the surname Moll?: 7,131 people in the United States had the surname Moll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,296 Americans. It ranked 4,938th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moll?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Moll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Moll?: Richard Moll, American actor (1943–2023), followed by Carl Moll.
Where is the surname Moll most common?: Wikidata records people named Moll in the United States, Austria and the Kingdom of Great Britain and 1 other country.
Is the surname Moll getting more or less common?: More common. 6,844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,131 in 2010, up 4.2%.