Molina (surname)


Molina is a Spanish occupational surname. Molina is Latin for 'mill' and is derived from another Latin word, mola. The surname originated from the early Middle Ages, referring to a person who operates a mill or a millstone. Other Spanish surnames, like Molinero, have also originated in the work and management of a mill. Spanish municipalities like Molina de Segura or Molina de Aragón still nowadays include millstones or mill blades in their respective coats of arms.
A bloodline of Molinas, in the Christian Kingdom of Castile, originated from ennoblement when Manrique Pérez de Lara, of the House of Lara, in April 1154 issued a fuero to the town of Molina, nowadays called Molina de Aragón.

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