Molle surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Molle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 673 people carried this name — #33,810 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 8% from 730 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,749 people named Molle.

59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Vendée.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 59
Vendée 306
Haute-Saône 175
Nord 122
Puy-de-Dôme 82
Haute-Loire 80
Loire 76
Loire-Atlantique 72
Hérault 70

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 386 people named Molle 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 Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 267
Namur 64
Liège 18
Walloon Brabant 13
East Flanders 9
West Flanders 8
Brussels-Capital 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 282 people named Molle 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 212
City of Buenos Aires 46
Mendoza 13
Río Negro 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

34 people named Molle live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 8
Zurich 8
Basel-Stadt 5
Graubünden 5
St. Gallen 4
Valais 4

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.

Who carried it

People named Molle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jules Molle
    Jules Molle 1868–1931 · physician
  • George Jardine Molle d. 1916
  • Henry Molle 1597–1658 · composer
  • Vincenzo Molle 1600–1700 · politician
  • George James Molle 1773–1823
  • Jean Molle 1876–1918 · lawyer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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