Molt
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Frequency: (196)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: topographic name from Middle High German molte ‘fine, dry soil’.
2. North German: metonymic occupational name for a maltster, from Middle Low German molt ‘malt’.
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