Moldenhauer Surname

57,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,817 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Moldenhauer Surname Definition:

“Mould-Maker” in Old German.

Moldenhauer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,2151:15,4372,029
United States2,7811:130,33413,735
South Africa2561:211,63222,369
Canada1941:189,92618,713
Brazil861:2,489,23675,804
Chile601:293,6088,514
Australia411:658,43245,385
Spain281:1,669,71648,608
Norway221:233,74025,571
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
France131:5,109,440259,941
Paraguay121:603,0627,396
England101:5,571,806158,774
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1371:366,56027,735

Moldenhauer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Mould-Maker” in Old German.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Moldenhauer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Moldenhauer Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Moldenhauer is found most frequently in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moldenhauer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Moldenhauer is the 57,434th most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 826,534 people. The last name Moldenhauer occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Moldenhauer live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 5,215 people, or 1 in 15,437. In Germany Moldenhauer is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 12 percent reside. Beside Germany it occurs in 33 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.

Moldenhauer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Moldenhauer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Moldenhauer surname expanded 2,030 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Moldenhauer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Moldenhauer surname are 22.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.39% being registered with the party.

The amount Moldenhauer earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 7.93% more than the national average, earning 373,527 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 48.7% more than the national average, earning R 353,364 per year; in United States they earn 11.75% more than the national average, earning $48,220 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.88% more than the national average, earning $53,597 CAD per year.

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