The Molitor surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,712 people carried this name — #8,822 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,585 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 305 people named Molitor.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 271 people named Molitor 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 Namur.
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 Poland’s population register
119 people named Molitor have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 149 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Molitor live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
71 people named Molitor is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Molitor in American newspapers,
1906–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,906 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Molitor,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ulrich Molitor 1442–1507 · writer -
Jan Petr Molitor 1702–1756 · painter -
Anselm Molitor d. 1778 · theologian
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Ulrich Molitor 1526–1584
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Isaias Molitor 1607–1678 · monk
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Ludwig Molitor 1620–1683 · lyricist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Molitor.
- Moline 3,296 · U.S. census
- Molinelli 433 · U.S. census
- Molinero 562 · U.S. census
- Molinet 294 · U.S. census
- Molino 1,505 · U.S. census
- Molis 245 · U.S. census
- Moll 7,131 · U.S. census
- Molla 768 · U.S. census
- Molland 117 · U.S. census
- Mollard 274 · U.S. census
- Molle 673 · U.S. census
- Moller 4,209 · U.S. census
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