Môlina

surname · Latin script

Môlina is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Molina. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

rarermore common
  • ECEcuador1 in 272(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 399
  • USUnited States1 in 3.4K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (measured from records)

156,655 people

Sources
455 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 170 (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Molina in US United States, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Spanish Molina. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Sources 4

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Môlina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Môlina is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina—156,6551 in 290157KMolina6
ES Spain#980125,3161 in 399125KMolina135
US United States#69296,9791 in 3.4K98KMolina455
EC Ecuador—62,1411 in 27262KMolina61
CR Costa Rica—29,9291 in 17030K—3
UY Uruguay—13,1561 in 25713K——
PH Philippines#173———Molina127

156,655 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Môlina under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Môlina mean, and where does it come from?
From Spanish Molina. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and Dictionary of American Family Names and 2 other sources.
In which country does Môlina have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 157 thousand people named Môlina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled molina.
Where is Môlina most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Môlina is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 170 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Môlina?
In Argentina, the national register counted 156,655 people named Môlina, about 1 in 290 residents.
How common is Môlina compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Môlina is the 173rd most common surname of 876,464 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Môlina” — the 173rd most common surname in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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