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 Molly Salary in
United States
$40,693 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) is more frequently found in Chad than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Molly.
How Common Is The Last Name Molly? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 93,920th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,435,970 people. The last name Molly is mostly found in Asia, where 41 percent of Molly reside; 19 percent reside in West Asia and 15 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,547th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 296,338 people.
The last name Molly is most prevalent in Chad, where it is held by 770 people, or 1 in 17,652. Other than Chad it exists in 90 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 11 percent live and Afghanistan, where 9 percent live.
Molly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Molly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Molly surname rose 1,118 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 48 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Molly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Molly surname is chiefly 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 Republicans than the national average, with 59.18% registered to vote for 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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