Molière Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Molière Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Moliere (2,950) & Molieré (1) are calculated separately.
Molière (21) may also be a first name.
Molière Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Molière Come From? nationality or country of origin
Molière occurs most in France. It may appear as a variant: Moliere or Molieré. Click here for other possible spellings of Molière.
How Common Is The Last Name Molière? popularity and diffusion
The last name Molière is the 2,689,253rd most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Molière reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 21 people.
Molière is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 1,747,966. In France it is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 29 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 21 percent live and Occitanie, where 21 percent live. Other than France it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent live and Switzerland, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moliere | 95 | 2,950 | / |
| Mollière | 93 | 22 | / |
| Moulière | 93 | 6 | / |
| Molières | 93 | 4 | / |
| Molieré | 90 | 1 | / |
| Moulières | 88 | 8 | / |
| Moullière | 88 | 2 | / |
| Molliere | 80 | 538 | / |
| Molieres | 80 | 178 | / |
| Mouliere | 80 | 158 | / |
| Molliére | 80 | 13 | / |
| Molierre | 80 | 1 | / |
| Molierie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Molier | 77 | 359 | / |
| Moulliere | 75 | 87 | / |
| Moulieres | 75 | 60 | / |
| Mollieres | 75 | 3 | / |
| Moliereis | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mollier | 71 | 1,979 | / |
| Moulier | 71 | 546 | / |
| Molieri | 71 | 308 | / |
| Moilier | 71 | 111 | / |
| Moliera | 71 | 32 | / |
| Maliere | 71 | 13 | / |
| Maliire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moliéra | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moullieres | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moliery | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moullier | 67 | 242 | / |
| Malhiere | 67 | 57 | / |
| Malliere | 67 | 32 | / |
| Mouliert | 67 | 18 | / |
| Molliery | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mollierz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moillier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouslier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Molieris | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moulieri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malgiere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maleaire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mauliere | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Molière
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