Mole Surname
Approximately 28,447 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameMole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,533 | 1:138,635 | 8,852 |
| England | 4,027 | 1:13,836 | 2,049 |
| DR Congo | 2,606 | 1:28,350 | 3,560 |
| Cambodia | 2,564 | 1:6,040 | 772 |
| United States | 1,766 | 1:205,243 | 20,140 |
| Philippines | 1,314 | 1:77,046 | 13,327 |
| Bolivia | 1,061 | 1:10,006 | 1,097 |
| Indonesia | 1,047 | 1:126,313 | 12,714 |
| Kenya | 908 | 1:50,859 | 5,165 |
| Australia | 781 | 1:34,566 | 4,554 |
| Italy | 679 | 1:90,069 | 15,572 |
| South Africa | 660 | 1:82,087 | 10,133 |
| Iran | 641 | 1:119,786 | 11,216 |
| Cameroon | 623 | 1:33,337 | 4,498 |
| France | 586 | 1:113,349 | 16,989 |
| Canada | 473 | 1:77,898 | 8,747 |
| Papua New Guinea | 436 | 1:18,701 | 1,892 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Argentina | 354 | 1:120,744 | 10,213 |
| Slovenia | 182 | 1:13,669 | 3,266 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| New Zealand | 147 | 1:30,805 | 5,355 |
| Greece | 145 | 1:76,412 | 12,866 |
| Nigeria | 138 | 1:1,283,643 | 51,044 |
| Scotland | 108 | 1:49,572 | 4,299 |
| Zambia | 105 | 1:150,952 | 10,816 |
| Wales | 90 | 1:34,384 | 3,434 |
| Congo | 83 | 1:60,110 | 5,403 |
| New Caledonia | 83 | 1:3,328 | 498 |
| Lesotho | 71 | 1:28,628 | 5,512 |
| Tanzania | 63 | 1:840,343 | 43,483 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Ivory Coast | 41 | 1:562,713 | 17,068 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Ireland | 35 | 1:134,541 | 6,387 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| Honduras | 34 | 1:259,307 | 2,537 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 | 1:30,528 | 6,049 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Latvia | 7 | 1:292,864 | 24,791 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,319 | 1:10,511 | 1,602 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 328 | 1:153,106 | 14,139 |
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.
A river of Surrey tributary to the Thames, and so called because in parts of its course it is subterraneous.
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.
From the German, Mohl; from the French, Mold; a personal name.$
Mole Demographics
Average Mole Salary in
United States
$42,004 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
Mole Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mole in the Hindi language | ||
| मोले | mole | 96.75 |
| मोल | mola | 3.25 |
| Mole in the Marathi language | ||
| मोळे | mole | 95.04 |
| मोले | mole | 4.36 |
| मेोले | meole | 0.18 |
| मोऴे | mole | 0.09 |
| मोळ | mola | 0.09 |
| मोल | mola | 0.02 |
| Mole in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﻟﻰ | mwly | 33.33 |
| ﻣﻠﻪ | mlh | 33.33 |
| ﻣﻠﺔ | mlt | 33.33 |
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Mole Reference & Research
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