Moulines

Moulines is a surname of French origin. It is relatively uncommon and most frequently found in France and among Francophone communities abroad. Like many French surnames, it may be toponymic or occupational in origin, though specific family histories vary and are not uniformly documented.

In contemporary usage, individuals bearing the name have made contributions in various fields, particularly in academia and public life. The best-known figure is Éric Moulines, a French statistician noted for work on Monte Carlo methods and their applications in statistics and signal processing.

Geographically, the name's distribution centers in France, with pockets in Belgium, Canada (especially Quebec), and other countries with historical French-speaking populations.

There are no widely recognized places named Moulines, and the surname is primarily encountered as a personal name.