Mould Surname
Approximately 10,402 people bear this surname
Mould Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Matilda.' For further information, v. Moulson. The final 'd' has been dropped in Moul; compare Mowl.
1566-7. Robert Mowlde and Alice James: Marriage Lic. (London).
1568.
Read More About This SurnameMould Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,611 | 1:12,084 | 1,777 |
| Ghana | 2,355 | 1:11,474 | 1,518 |
| United States | 1,137 | 1:318,785 | 29,088 |
| Australia | 698 | 1:38,676 | 5,023 |
| Canada | 482 | 1:76,443 | 8,609 |
| South Africa | 262 | 1:206,785 | 21,999 |
| Scotland | 187 | 1:28,630 | 3,007 |
| Wales | 149 | 1:20,769 | 2,207 |
| New Zealand | 142 | 1:31,890 | 5,546 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| China | 39 | 1:35,059,527 | 1,855 |
| Northern Ireland | 34 | 1:54,266 | 4,423 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Jamaica | 20 | 1:143,497 | 5,007 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,507 | 1:9,723 | 1,460 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:46,130 | 2,397 |
| Scotland | 24 | 1:155,967 | 6,425 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 306 | 1:164,113 | 14,904 |
Mould (36) may also be a first name.
Mould Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Matilda.' For further information, v. Moulson. The final 'd' has been dropped in Moul; compare Mowl.
1566-7. Robert Mowlde and Alice James: Marriage Lic. (London).
1568. William Molde and Susanna Totnam: ibid.
1584-5. John Moule, or Moulde, Worcestershire: Register of the University of Oxford. 1686. William Mould and Alice Hester: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).
= Mold, q.v.
1. Like Maude, a corruption of Montalt. See Montalt.
Moult; a location name in Normandy.
Mould was the name of an old and numerous gentle family of Appleby from the 16th to the 18th century, in whose patronage lay the living of that place (N.).
Mould Demographics
Average Male Mould Height
176.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mould Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mould Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mould occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mould? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 49,453rd most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 700,591 people. Mould occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Mould reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 48 percent reside in British Isles. Mould is also the 1,717,090th most common first name on earth, borne by 36 people.
It is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 4,611 people, or 1 in 12,084. In England it is most common in: Greater London, where 10 percent live, Staffordshire, where 8 percent live and Hampshire, where 7 percent live. Excluding England it exists in 51 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Mould Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mould has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Mould last name increased 184 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 372 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 779 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 438 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 467 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Mould Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Methodist (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Mould surname are 21.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.07% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mould earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 39.14% more than the national average, earning 481,534 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.99% more than the national average, earning R 311,292 per year; in United States they earn 10.29% more than the national average, earning $47,587 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.83% more than the national average, earning $52,580 CAD per year.
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Mould Reference & Research
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