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The Molinero surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 562 people carried this name — #39,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 94% from 289 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Molinero surname

Borrowed from Spanish Molinero, an occupational surname from molinero (“miller”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Molinero» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,237 people named Molinero 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 466
Córdoba 346
Santa Fe 149
City of Buenos Aires 82
San Juan 36
Entre Ríos 36
Mendoza 31
Tucumán 29

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 126 people named Molinero.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Bouches-du-Rhône 34
Rhône 14
Yvelines 9
Loire 8
Gironde 7
Paris 6
Ain 3
Isère 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Molinero,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppe Molinero
    Giuseppe Molinero 1884– · military officer
  • Ambrosio Molinero 1764–1844 · composer
  • Antonio Molinero Pérez 1908–1983 · archaeologist
  • Fernando Molinero Sánchez 1927– · lawyer
  • Miguel Ángel Molinero 1948–2007 · poet
  • Anita Molinero 1953– · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Molinero is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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