Molding Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Molding Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Molding Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:716,92333,560
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Molding (41) may also be a first name.

Molding Last Name Facts

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

Molding is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Molding? popularity and diffusion

The surname Molding is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 41 percent of Molding are found; 32 percent are found in North America and 32 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Molding is also the 1,590,275th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 41 people.

The surname Molding is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is most numerous in: Illinois, where 33 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and New York, where 17 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Molding Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Molding has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moulding932,302/
Moldin92218/
Malding8665/
Mouldin8661/
Moldina8634/
Mulding862/
Moildin861/
Moldien860/
Maulding80818/
Molden772,569/
Maldin77117/
Moldén7729/
Mosldn771/
Mooldaeng755/
Moldinova752/
Mauldin7113,615/
Moulden713,069/
Maldina71179/
Molldén7164/
Moldøen7151/
Moldehn7151/
Moldeen7114/
Maaldin7110/
Mollden716/
Meuldin713/
Moldent712/
Malduin711/
Moolden711/
Muldeng711/
Moldoen711/
Malddin711/
Malldin710/
Moldenke6718/
Mahaldin677/
Mhaldien675/
Matildin672/
Maldienė671/
Mauldind671/
Masildin670/
Mauldeng670/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Molding
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