How common is the surname Mollica?

1,900 people in the United States had the surname Mollica in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. It ranked 15,418th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mollica?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mollica identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mollica?

Jimmy Destri, American keyboardist (born 1954).

Where is the surname Mollica most common?

Wikidata records people named Mollica in the United States.

Is the surname Mollica getting more or less common?

More common. 1,782 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,900 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Mollica

An Italian surname, carried by 1,900 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mollica is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Mollica.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,900 people named Mollica in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,782.

#15,418

rank among US surnames

1,900

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,184)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,409	McQueary	1,901	162,412
#15,418	McSherry	1,900	162,498

Who is named Mollica

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

93% of people named Mollica identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mollicas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jimmy Destri
American keyboardist (born 1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Mollica

Mallick

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mollica come from?: Borrowed from Italian Mollica.
How common is the surname Mollica?: 1,900 people in the United States had the surname Mollica in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. It ranked 15,418th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mollica?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mollica identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mollica?: Jimmy Destri, American keyboardist (born 1954).
Where is the surname Mollica most common?: Wikidata records people named Mollica in the United States.
Is the surname Mollica getting more or less common?: More common. 1,782 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,900 in 2010, up 6.6%.