Molano Surname
Approximately 36,572 people bear this surname
Molano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 25,665 | 1:1,861 | 367 |
| Spain | 3,211 | 1:14,560 | 1,670 |
| Philippines | 2,147 | 1:47,153 | 7,629 |
| United States | 1,892 | 1:191,574 | 18,963 |
| Mexico | 1,728 | 1:71,832 | 3,175 |
| Dominican Republic | 478 | 1:21,826 | 1,422 |
| Venezuela | 367 | 1:82,300 | 3,268 |
| Ecuador | 311 | 1:51,144 | 4,775 |
| Peru | 209 | 1:152,077 | 8,017 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Brazil | 58 | 1:3,690,937 | 102,732 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| Panama | 50 | 1:78,245 | 3,248 |
| Puerto Rico | 36 | 1:98,615 | 1,585 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| Costa Rica | 22 | 1:217,276 | 2,674 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Cuba | 13 | 1:886,363 | 6,304 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Molaño (2) & Molàno (1) are calculated separately.
Molano (38) may also be a first name.
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Molano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Molano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Molano occurs most in Colombia. It may appear in the variant forms: Molaño or Molàno. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Molano? popularity and diffusion
The last name Molano is the 15,227th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 199,266 people. Molano occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Molano reside; 73 percent reside in South America and 71 percent reside in Caribbean South America. Molano is also the 1,662,754th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 38 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Colombia, where it is held by 25,665 people, or 1 in 1,861. In Colombia Molano is mostly found in: Capital District, where 36 percent live, Cundinamarca Department, where 9 percent live and Boyacá Department, where 9 percent live. Other than Colombia this last name occurs in 55 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 9 percent live and The Philippines, where 6 percent live.
Molano Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Molano has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Molano last name increased 63,067 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Molano Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Molano last name are 1.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.98% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Molano earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 8.97% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,647 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.22% more than the national average, earning $26,612,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.46% less than the national average, earning $42,520 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.36% less than the national average, earning $49,009 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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