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The MOLYNEUX surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,008 23501 0 4
United States (1880 census) 123 27298 0 2
Change since 1880 +885 +3797 +N/A +2
Other Countries
Australia 327 4819 0.002 20
United Kingdom 3,868 1613 0.008 84
Top States for MOLYNEUX by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 107 20434 0.000 3
Iowa 86 4760 0.003 29
New York 74 23274 0.000 4
Pennsylvania 67 19808 0.001 5
Florida 54 27432 0.000 3
Top States for MOLYNEUX by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Iowa 86 4760 0.003 29
Wyoming 14 4729 0.003 28
Idaho 34 5160 0.003 26
Utah 41 5506 0.002 18
Alaska 11 8949 0.002 18

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MOLYNEUX live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MOLYNEUX represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MOLYNEUX in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MOLYNEUX by picking someone at random in Iowa than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MOLYNEUX

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MOLYNEUX surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MOLYNEUX surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MOLYNEUX in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 944 93.65
Black/African American 27 2.68
White (Hispanic) 27 2.68
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MOLYNEUX surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MOLYNEUX in historical publications

(origin: Fr. Local) From Normandy, De Moulins, De Moulines, De Molineus. From Moulins, a town on the river Allier, in France, so called from the great number of water mills there. Fr., Moulin, a mill.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


MOLINEUX. MOLYNEUX. This family came from Molineaux-sur-Seine, not far from Rouen, celebrated for the ruins of an ancient fortress popularly called the Castle of Eobert le Diable, which was destroyed by John Sans-Terre, but re-built in 1378 by the King of Navarre. Itin. de la Normandie. The noble family trace an unbroken male descent from "William de Moliueux, lord of Sefton, co. Lancaster, oneof the followers of William the Conqueror. Courthope's Debrett.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to MOLYNEUX

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MOLYNEUX.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

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Potential typos for MOLYNEUX

The following words are slight variants of MOLYNEUX that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.