Möl
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Möl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol, mul, from Proto-West Germanic *mol, from Proto-Germanic *mulaz.
- DEGermany≈1 in 21M(inferred from the name graph)
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 80 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21M (inferred from the name graph)
≈4 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Moel in US United States, NL Netherlands, AU Australia and 4 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)
- Middle Dutchmol(measured from records)
- Old Dutchmol(measured from records)
- Proto-West Germanic*mol(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*mulaz(measured from records)
From Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol, mul, from Proto-West Germanic *mol, from Proto-Germanic *mulaz.
Sources 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
- Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Möl 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 21M | — | Moel | 12 |
| US United States | — | — | listed | Moel | 80 |
| NL Netherlands | — | — | — | Moel | 32 |
| AU Australia | — | — | — | Moel | 21 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | — | listed | Moel | 6 |
| LB Lebanon | — | — | — | Moel | 1 |
| SG Singapore | — | — | — | Moel | 2 |
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.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Möl is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Icelandic, gravel
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Möl mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol, mul, from Proto-West Germanic *mol, from Proto-Germanic *mulaz. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Möl have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4 people named Möl in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled moel.
- How common is the name Möl?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4 people in Germany have Möl as their first surname, about 1 in 21 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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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, “Möl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.