Surname Molodets (Molodets 
, Молодец 
) , worldwide, is a rare family name. The cognomen Molodets is characteristic of Kazakhstan, where it is a rare surname, Russia, and Belarus, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Much less frequently, Molodets is the forename as well as the last name.