Molina Family History

Spanish, Catalan, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of numerous places called Molina, in particular the one in Guadalajara province. This surname is also found in France (compare Moline).

For certain Jewish families, this is an adoption of the Iberian surname at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism, generations later, some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.