The Mol surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 725 people carried this name — #31,824 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 650 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Mol surname
From mól (“moth”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mól» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
2,590 people named Mol have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,943 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 313 people named Mol live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 164 people named Mol live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Río Negro.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Mol.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
69 people named Mol are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Mol,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leo Mol 1915–2009 · mosaicist -
Leo Mol 1915–2009 · mosaicist
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Leo Mol 1915–2009 · mosaicist
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Albert Mol 1917–2004 · screenwriter -
Frans Mol 1897–1944 · accountant
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Pieter Van Mol 1906–1988 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mol.
- Moisan 540 · U.S. census
- Moisant 227 · U.S. census
- Moise 4,230 · U.S. census
- Moison 113 · U.S. census
- Mokhtar 202 · U.S. census
- Mokhtari 319 · U.S. census
- Mola 722 · U.S. census
- Moland 558 · U.S. census
- Molaro 180 · U.S. census
- Molay 112 · U.S. census
- Molbert 148 · U.S. census
- Moldovan 1,362 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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