Molen is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Molen
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Molen

How popular is Molen?

Molen is ranked 134780 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Molens grew by 7.656968 per cent to 703 since 2000 and ranked 32676 after elevating 378 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.18 93.26
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.42 0.92
Black 2.28 3.68
Hispanic or Latino 2.13 0.92
Molen is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Netherlands. Around 2889 people have been found who wears Molen as their family name. Molen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
20,790 Nigeria6
121,340 Spain4
122,390 Belarus4
184,212 France3
6,779 Nicaragua3
35,184 Poland3
147,165 Czech Republic2
65,594 Belgium2
26,532 Chile2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
24,176 Qatar1
30,360 Thailand1
172,258 Germany1
16,640 Hong Kong1
21,562 Portugal1
153,416 Italy1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
31,584 Peru1
29,046 Japan1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,268 Mauritius1
47,891 Norway1
18,969 Wales1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,867 Canada50
83,908 England38
51,763 Australia37
114,425 Ukraine34
246,777 Russia33
36,547 Switzerland27
24,534 New Zealand17
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Molen:
29,752 United States999
4,403 Netherlands598
23,224 Philippines580
4,278 Sweden225
71,613 Indonesia118
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Molen was 22 years old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on April 11, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Queen Of The West from Liverpool.

Molen Namesakes

  • Beau Molenaar, Soccer player
  • Bo Molenda, Football player
  • Beau Molenaar, Soccer player
  • Jack Molenschot, Musical Artist
  • Jan Miense Molenaer, Painter
  • Dayton H Molendorp, Businessperson
  • Dee Molenaar, Mountaineer
  • Frans Molenaar, Fashion Designer
  • Gerben van der Molen, Author
  • Hillie Molenaar, Film director

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