Mole Surname

19,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,447 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Mole Surname Definition:

(English) 1 a nickname (a) from the animal [Middle English molle = Low German mull] (b) from being marked with a mole [Middle English mole, Old English mál, a spot] 2 the Anglo-Saxon male pers. name Mole-, Moll.

(Celtic) Bald [Welsh moel = Gaelic and Irish maol] (English or Celtic) Dweller by the River Mole.

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Mole Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5,5331:138,6358,852
England4,0271:13,8362,049
DR Congo2,6061:28,3503,560
Cambodia2,5641:6,040772
United States1,7661:205,24320,140
Philippines1,3141:77,04613,327
Bolivia1,0611:10,0061,097
Indonesia1,0471:126,31312,714
Kenya9081:50,8595,165
Australia7811:34,5664,554
Italy6791:90,06915,572
South Africa6601:82,08710,133
Iran6411:119,78611,216
Cameroon6231:33,3374,498
France5861:113,34916,989
Canada4731:77,8988,747
Papua New Guinea4361:18,7011,892
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Argentina3541:120,74410,213
Slovenia1821:13,6693,266
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
New Zealand1471:30,8055,355
Greece1451:76,41212,866
Nigeria1381:1,283,64351,044
Scotland1081:49,5724,299
Zambia1051:150,95210,816
Wales901:34,3843,434
Congo831:60,1105,403
New Caledonia831:3,328498
Lesotho711:28,6285,512
Tanzania631:840,34343,483
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Ivory Coast411:562,71317,068
Spain391:1,198,77041,125
Mozambique361:757,2661,613
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Ireland351:134,5416,387
Brazil341:6,296,304151,940
Honduras341:259,3072,537
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Solomon Islands191:30,5286,049
Benin181:574,20035,798
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Burkina Faso101:1,835,21014,348
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Latvia71:292,86424,791
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
China61:227,886,92811,701
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Albania31:971,35222,477
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3191:10,5111,602
Scotland91:415,91311,811
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3281:153,10614,139

The alternate forms: Molé (81), Molè (45) & Môle (1) are calculated separately.

Mole (5,725) may also be a first name.

Mole Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) 1 a nickname (a) from the animal [Middle English molle = Low German mull] (b) from being marked with a mole [Middle English mole, Old English mál, a spot] 2 the Anglo-Saxon male pers. name Mole-, Moll.

(Celtic) Bald [Welsh moel = Gaelic and Irish maol] (English or Celtic) Dweller by the River Mole.

(Anglo-French-Teut.) prob. also, like Mold and Moule, a form of Matilda: v. Malkin.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A river of Surrey tributary to the Thames, and so called because in parts of its course it is subterraneous.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Not from the Surrey tributary to the Thames, nor the small river of the same name in Devonshire, but from the Welsh name Moel, signifying variously bare, bald, a pile, a conical hill. compare the Gael, maol, bald, bare, a bald head, a shaved or shorn monk, a servant, also a promontory, a cape.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the German, Mohl; from the French, Mold; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Mole Last Name Facts

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

Mole (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﻟﻰ, Hindi: मोले, Marathi: मोळे) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Molé, Molè or Môle. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mole? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mole is the 19,324th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 256,180 people. The last name Mole is predominantly found in Asia, where 41 percent of Mole live; 23 percent live in South Asia and 19 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 88,296th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 5,725 people.

Mole is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 5,533 people, or 1 in 138,635. In India Mole is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 54 percent live, Kerala, where 23 percent live and Karnataka, where 19 percent live. Other than India Mole occurs in 97 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.

Mole Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mole has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Mole surname increased 174 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 538 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 2,250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 583 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Mole Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Anglican (50%) in Ireland and Christian (94%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Mole surname are 6.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.49% being registered with the party.

The amount Mole earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 74.05% more than the national average, earning €52,268 per year; in Norway they earn 31.93% less than the national average, earning 235,565 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 23.32% less than the national average, earning R 182,220 per year; in United States they earn 2.65% less than the national average, earning $42,004 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.6% less than the national average, earning $48,887 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Molé9281/
Molè9245/
Môle921/
Molle8911,401/
Moyle8911,169/
Moles8910,918/
Moule895,698/
Molea894,345/
Mmole893,581/
Moler892,904/
Molet891,951/
Moole891,490/
Moile89930/
Moley89848/
Molee89638/
Moele89615/
Mohle89577/
Mgole89427/
Molie89387/
Mhole89373/
Mosle89262/
Moleh89214/
Molge89204/
'Mole89144/
Molei89110/
Molez8993/
Moleu8991/
Motle8972/
Molhe8941/
Molej8939/
Moled8929/
Muole8925/
Molep8915/
Moleš899/
Mojle899/
Molje891/
Moûle891/
Moleß891/
Mol8678,808/
Mosley8062,953/
Moller8021,544/
Motley8015,098/
Mollet807,353/
Mosler803,264/
Moyles801,803/
Moulet801,770/
Molley801,666/
Moules801,445/
Moehle801,086/
Molles80826/
Mohule80744/
Moulie80549/
Moglie80463/
Molett80444/
Moyler80435/
Mouley80400/
Moyleh80374/
Moulle80307/
Mollee80256/
Mollea80237/
Moille80209/
Moliea80208/
Mollie80205/
Mottle80190/
Mothle80190/
Moiles80174/
Moolee80158/
Moslet80145/
Mgoile80145/
Motler80140/
Moelle80131/
Moslhe80123/
Molihe80107/
Moiler8093/
Mooley8074/
Mollez8064/
Moelee8057/
Mouled8049/
Mohley8045/
Moletz8041/
Motlep8039/
Moless8038/
Motles8036/
Mouler8031/
Moulee8028/
Motlhe8021/
Moelie8019/
Mohlie8017/
Mouleu8017/
Molher8016/
'Moole8016/
Molesh8015/
Moulei8015/
Moilie8015/
Moleas8013/
Moslee8012/
Moyley8011/
Moileh8011/
Mosles8010/
Mmotle8010/
Molets809/
Moliej808/
Mootle807/
Mouleh806/
Moulea805/
Mmolle805/
Molecz805/
Molije805/
Mohlea805/
Moolie804/
Molleh804/
Moolea804/
Mooler803/
Molled803/
Moutle803/
Muolee803/
Moilet803/
Moylet802/
Moeley802/
Motlet802/
Moylee802/
Motled802/
Moiled802/
Moleis802/
Méoule802/
Moiley801/
Mgoole801/
Mooles801/
Moolet801/
Moulej801/
Moulge801/
Mosled801/
Muoler801/
Muolle801/
Mohlle801/
Mollge801/
Moeleh801/
M'Mole801/
Moulep801/
Moulhe801/
Moylle801/
Moslej801/
Moihle801/
Moilee801/
Molleß801/
Moleea801/
Molheu801/
Molhie801/
Molțer801/
Mèoule801/
Mooled801/
Moilhe801/
Molleu800/
Mouyle800/
Molech800/
Moosle800/
Mule75125,749/
Mola7590,575/
Mele7555,844/
Male7552,273/
Moll7548,128/
Moli7515,956/
Moly758,368/
Mold756,911/
Moul753,218/
Mohl753,001/
Motl752,154/
Molt751,466/
Mool75962/
Moyl75556/
Moil75247/
Mosl7528/
Molp7525/
Muol7520/
Molí7512/
Molj7510/
Molh758/
Mhol756/
Mojl755/
Mmol753/
Mêle753/
Méle752/
Moël752/
Mgol751/
Mâle751/
Müle751/
'Mol751/
Hmol751/
Mollett732,364/
Mottley731,969/
Mousley731,683/
Moselle731,649/
Moullet731,129/
Motelle73462/
Mohylei73274/
Mousleh73245/
Moylett73149/
Moisley7393/
Mottlee7383/
Mottler7373/
Moillet7371/
Mosleth7362/
Moollee7348/
Mottles7340/
Moosler7338/
Molesch7324/
Mouller7316/
Moslehy7314/
Molless7313/
Mousler7310/
Moslett737/
Moitley736/
Motille736/
Moosley735/
Mosille734/
Moulett734/
Mohller734/
Molleis734/
Molheer732/
Mosleey732/
Moslehe732/
Mosleys732/
Mouleer732/
Mollerr732/
Moolley732/
Moiller732/
Moolett731/
Moosleh731/
Mooslle731/
Moulejh731/
Moulhie731/
Moutler731/
Moslech731/
Mosleyt731/
Mothlej731/
Motlley731/
Muosleh731/
Mohyler731/
Moilett731/
Molleit731/
Modtley731/
Mooller731/
Moulley731/
Moilles731/
M'Houle731/
Mouleha731/
Moulets731/
Mouleuh731/
Mosleah731/
Molahei731/
Moilesh731/
Molojje731/
Moleish731/
Molleha731/
Modtler731/
Méoulet731/
Mmoller731/
Mouslle731/
Moujles731/
Moyller731/
Moulles731/
Mohtlhe731/
Mohlehe731/
Moitlhe731/
Moslhey731/
Mooleat731/
Mohyles731/
Moutlej731/
Mouslhe731/
Molloey730/
Moulees730/
Mosller730/
Moslley730/
Mouhley730/
Moottle730/
Mollets730/
Moisler730/
Muohler730/
Mothley730/
Molla671,319,787/
Malle6788,424/
Moloi6780,422/
Moola6717,224/
Moula6716,028/
Molya6714,696/
Mulei6714,293/
Males6713,315/
Mouly6712,993/
Maule6711,464/
Maley6710,912/
Mould6710,402/
Molli6710,190/
Malet679,979/
Mulet679,937/
Mmola679,335/
Matle678,327/
Malee677,356/
Mouli676,788/
Molai675,818/
Mohli675,778/
Malge675,688/
Molly675,075/
Muley674,811/
Maleh674,712/
Möhle674,551/
Moliy674,012/
Moila673,748/
Maele673,534/
Mgale673,245/
Mahle673,021/
Molia672,711/
Mulle672,603/
Mühle672,541/
Maler672,453/
Mosel672,430/
Molis672,285/
Mottl672,073/
Malie672,045/
Mogli672,022/
Mhule671,825/
Malea671,747/
Mosli671,699/
Mulee671,614/
Muler671,612/
Mehle671,612/
Mulge671,566/
Mulea671,565/
Muhle671,547/
Maled671,435/
Mules671,361/
Malei671,359/
Motel671,244/
Molay671,184/
Molid671,122/
Molit671,076/
Motil67877/
Maale67860/
Musle67842/
Maleu67834/
Moulj67789/
Mulej67775/
Mutle67768/
Moldt67743/
Meleu67690/
Masle67596/
Mhale67575/
Meley67531/
Molio67522/
Moloy67460/
Malej67424/
Mohly67415/
Moily67405/
Moili67389/
Mohyl67299/
Mholi67288/
Muola67278/
Melie67271/
Meleh67271/
Mulie67269/
Melei67268/
Mmale67251/
Mmule67229/
Mhele67226/
Malep67210/
Mosil67192/
Melea67168/
Malje67168/
Muyle67164/
Moisl67162/
Moloa67162/
Malhe67161/
Mmele67153/
Mollá67153/
Moeli67151/
Mohul67147/
Moull67137/
Meule67137/
Moyla67131/
Muule67127/
Malez67123/
Molaj67116/
Molih67114/
Muile67114/
Mouleová67105/
Mhola67103/
Mollé67103/
Moliz6798/
Mülle6796/
Melee6791/
Moyli6790/
Mulhe6788/
Mosielle6787/
'Mele6785/
Mocil6784/
Muleh6780/
Muleu6776/
Moiselle6773/
Molyo6763/
Molip6762/
Meele6760/
Mulje6758/
Motýl6758/
Moliš6752/
Molaa6749/
Molgi6737/
Molés6736/
Molyd6736/
Mäler6734/
Moëll6733/
Meløe6727/
Mgule6725/
Mocel6723/
Molejová6720/
Molhy6719/
Mollh6718/
Móler6717/
Mosselle6715/
Motli6715/
Molhi6713/
Mooly6712/
Mähle6712/
Muled6711/
Moslh6711/
Mochelle6710/
Molii678/
Mollt678/
Mmoli677/
Melhe676/
Maleć676/
Muoli675/
Maleş675/
Molès675/
Muleş674/
Meleň674/
Mhoul674/
Mouslech674/
Maleř674/
Maleș674/
Hmale674/
Molleová673/
Mulez673/
Mouselle673/
Molui673/
Maleč673/
Mouël673/
Molll673/
Mgoul673/
Mojla673/
Moltt672/
Mooll672/
Mocellee672/
Moytl672/
Moselley672/
Muold672/
M'Ule672/
Moloj672/
Molér672/
Motíl672/
Mouleova672/
Moïla672/
Mošel672/
Moulé672/
Máleš672/
Moullett671/
Molbp671/
Molhd671/
Molpp671/
Molth671/
Hmola671/
Mhoil671/
Malée671/
Moutelle671/
Mousl671/
Mouslihe671/
Moysl671/
Mosillet671/
Mosyl671/
Moslt671/
Moilh671/
Molij671/
Moliś671/
Moluj671/
Molèa671/
Moléa671/
Molís671/
Moceller671/
Mmoly671/
Meleï671/
Máler671/
Möler671/
Åmold671/
'Moli671/
'Mule671/
Molph671/
Moild671/
Mousllei671/
Mossille671/
Molyt671/
Mojli671/
Mohylets671/
Mottlley671/
Moyllett670/
Mhold670/
Moill670/
Moihl670/
Moolt670/
Moothler670/

Mole Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mole in the Hindi language
मोलेmole96.75
मोलmola3.25
Mole in the Marathi language
मोळेmole95.04
मोलेmole4.36
मेोलेmeole0.18
मोऴेmole0.09
मोळmola0.09
मोलmola0.02
Mole in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻮﻟﻰmwly33.33
ﻣﻠﻪmlh33.33
ﻣﻠﺔmlt33.33

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