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The Moules surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 141 people carried this name — #122,314 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 7% from 152 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Moules surname

A surname, a variant of Moule.

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 108 people named Moules.

Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.

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

Where they were born

Lot-et-Garonne 23
Hautes-Pyrénées 18
Lot 9
Hérault 9
Paris 8
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 7
Gers 7
Aude 5

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 39 people named Moules 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 Jujuy.

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

Where they live today

Jujuy 25
Buenos Aires Province 14

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

Who carried it

People named Moules,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Brad Moules 1996– · rugby league player

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Moules 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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