The Molla surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 768 people carried this name — #30,420 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 45% from 528 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 619 people named Molla 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 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 233 people named Molla.
Most of them — 117 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
88 people named Molla 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 37 people named Molla 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
79 people named Molla 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).
Who carried it
People named Molla,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gianna Beretta Molla 1922–1962 · physician -
Gianna Beretta Molla 1922–1962 · physician
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Shlomo Molla 1965– · politician -
Atukuri Molla 1440–1530 · writer
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Pietro Molla 1912–2010 · mechanical engineer
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Pietro Molla 1912–2010 · mechanical engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Molla.
- Molinero 562 · U.S. census
- Molinet 294 · U.S. census
- Molino 1,505 · U.S. census
- Molis 245 · U.S. census
- Molitor 3,712 · U.S. census
- Moll 7,131 · U.S. census
- Molland 117 · U.S. census
- Mollard 274 · U.S. census
- Molle 673 · U.S. census
- Moller 4,209 · U.S. census
- Molles 163 · U.S. census
- Mollet 820 · U.S. census
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