Molise Surname
Approximately 12,056 people bear this surname
Molise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 6,546 | 1:311 | 7 |
| South Africa | 5,384 | 1:10,063 | 1,249 |
| Italy | 55 | 1:1,111,940 | 72,628 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Molise (2,442) may also be a first name.
Molise Demographics
Average Molise Salary in
United States
$31,969 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Molise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Molise Come From? nationality or country of origin
Molise occurs most in Lesotho. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Molise? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 43,181st most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 604,475 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Molise live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 149,794th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 2,442 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 6,546 people, or 1 in 311. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Maseru District, where 27 percent are found, Berea District, where 21 percent are found and Leribe District, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Lesotho this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 45 percent are found and Italy, where 0 percent are found.
Molise Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Molise has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Molise last name expanded 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Molise Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Molise last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Molise earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 49.59% less than the national average, earning R 119,796 per year and in United States they earn 25.91% less than the national average, earning $31,969 USD 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Molise
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