Molly Surname
Approximately 5,075 people bear this surname
Molly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 770 | 1:17,652 | 2,191 |
| Iraq | 566 | 1:61,876 | 2,250 |
| Afghanistan | 479 | 1:67,126 | 2,082 |
| United States | 447 | 1:810,870 | 62,361 |
| Israel | 290 | 1:29,509 | 4,231 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| France | 253 | 1:262,540 | 40,467 |
| India | 220 | 1:3,486,661 | 99,274 |
| Germany | 144 | 1:559,066 | 46,014 |
| Malaysia | 98 | 1:300,961 | 16,456 |
| Indonesia | 97 | 1:1,363,394 | 93,839 |
| Liberia | 89 | 1:49,534 | 4,428 |
| Russia | 89 | 1:1,619,360 | 108,163 |
| Suriname | 89 | 1:6,209 | 1,452 |
| Iran | 87 | 1:882,558 | 42,611 |
| Kenya | 86 | 1:536,976 | 26,431 |
| Belgium | 84 | 1:136,865 | 19,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 81 | 1:100,663 | 13,542 |
| Yemen | 79 | 1:334,497 | 9,960 |
| Netherlands | 78 | 1:216,502 | 29,188 |
| Haiti | 58 | 1:184,205 | 7,235 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| South Africa | 45 | 1:1,203,949 | 68,637 |
| New Zealand | 42 | 1:107,817 | 14,061 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| China | 40 | 1:34,183,039 | 1,815 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 42 | 1:105,473 | 6,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 32 | 1:761,730 | 34,727 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40 | 1:1,255,467 | 70,036 |
Molly (296,338) may also be a first name.
Molly Demographics
Average Male Molly Height
175.1 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Molly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Molly Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Molly (Arabic: مولى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﻟﻲ, Hindi: मौली, Marathi: मॉली) occurs in Chad more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Molly? popularity and diffusion
The surname Molly is the 93,920th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,435,970 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 41 percent of Molly are found; 19 percent are found in West Asia and 15 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,547th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 296,338 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Chad, where it is held by 770 people, or 1 in 17,652. Not including Chad it occurs in 90 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 11 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 9 percent reside.
Molly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Molly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Molly last name expanded 1,118 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 48 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Molly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (81%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (80%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Molly last name are 12.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.18% being registered with the party.
The amount Molly earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 52.25% less than the national average, earning R 113,472 per year; in United States they earn 5.69% less than the national average, earning $40,693 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.71% less than the national average, earning $44,362 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Molly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Molly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﻟﻲ | mwly | - |
| Molly in the Hindi language | ||
| मौली | mauli | 65.22 |
| मोली | moli | 26.09 |
| मॉली | moli | 4.35 |
| मोल्ली | molli | 4.35 |
| Molly in the Marathi language | ||
| मॉली | moli | 54.88 |
| मोली | moli | 41.46 |
| मोल | mola | 1.22 |
| मोलीय | moliya | 1.22 |
| मोला | mola | 1.22 |
| Molly in the Arabic language | ||
| مولى | mwly | - |
| موللي | mwlly | - |
| مولي | mwly | - |
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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 Molly
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