Mölsä Surname

472,684th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 709 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Mölsä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mölsä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland6671:8,2411,282
Sweden381:259,12517,909
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Molsa (115) are calculated separately.

Mölsä Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mölsä Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mölsä occurs more in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Molsa. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mölsä? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 472,684th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,278,626 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mölsä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is carried by 667 people, or 1 in 8,241. In Finland Mölsä is most numerous in: Uusimaa, where 40 percent live, Pirkanmaa, where 12 percent live and North Karelia, where 10 percent live. Aside from Finland this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 5 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Möls8987/
Molsa87115/
Mölls80106/
Mälsä802/
Mölsi801/
Mls75104/
Möhlis7337/
Mölges7317/
Möhles7313/
Möllås739/
Mölius731/
Mols673,529/
Mels671,954/
Muls67527/
Mils67309/
Mals67299/
Mlis6788/
Möllges6716/
Mles6714/
Mlls6711/
Mlus6710/
Myls676/
Mlas675/
Mlos674/
Mlse673/
Mölz672/
Mwls671/
Mlsw671/
Hmls671/
Möhlihs671/
Mlsi671/

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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 Mölsä
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