Find out how popular the last name Moulder is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Moulder.

Moulder, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Moulder surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Moulder in America

Moulder is the 13445th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Moulder surname appeared 2,265 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Moulder.

We can also compare 2010 data for Moulder to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Moulder

The surname Moulder originated from the English occupational name for a maker of molds or models, derived from the Middle English word 'moulder', a variant of 'molder'. The name is believed to have first appeared in the 13th century in Yorkshire, England.

Records from the 14th century show the name was also spelled as 'Muldor', 'Muldere', and 'Molder'. The earliest known bearer of this surname was John le Muldere, who was mentioned in the Subsidy Rolls of Yorkshire in 1301.

The Moulder name can be traced to various locations across Yorkshire, including Huddersfield, Leeds, and Bradford, where families with this surname were involved in the thriving textile and pottery industries during the medieval and early modern periods.

In the 16th century, the Moulder surname appeared in several parish records, such as the baptism of Alice Moulder in 1588 at St. Mary's Church in Beverley, Yorkshire. Another notable early record is that of Robert Moulder, who was mentioned in the Hearth Tax Returns of Lincolnshire in 1674.

One of the earliest known individuals with this surname was William Moulder, a potter who lived in Staffordshire in the late 17th century. His descendants continued the family's pottery business for several generations.

Another prominent figure was John Moulder (1741-1805), an English inventor and engineer who patented several improvements to the steam engine and other industrial machinery during the Industrial Revolution.

In the 19th century, the Moulder surname gained recognition through the achievements of Henry Moulder (1825-1895), a British politician and member of parliament for East Nottinghamshire from 1880 to 1895.

The name also appeared in the United States, with records showing that John Moulder (1821-1897) was a Union Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and later served as a brigadier general.

Other notable individuals with the Moulder surname include George Moulder (1872-1951), an English cricketer who played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, and James Moulder (1906-1961), an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Moulder

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Moulder.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Moulder was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Moulder has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Moulder was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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