How common is the surname Kolar?

4,413 people in the United States had the surname Kolar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,963 Americans. It ranked 7,532nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kolar?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kolar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kolar getting more or less common?

More common. 3,950 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,413 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Kolar

A surname, carried by 4,413 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kolar is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *kolařь (“wheelwright”), via various languages, including: * Czech Kolář, from kolář. * Slovak Kolár, from kolár. * Serbo-Croatian Kolar, from kolar. * Slovene Kolar, from kolar.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,413 people named Kolar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,963 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,950.

#7,532

rank among US surnames

4,413

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,755)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,528	Danley	4,420	69,852
#7,530	Caudillo	4,418	69,884
#7,531	Almendarez	4,415	69,931
#7,532	Messier	4,413	69,963
#7,534	Kilby	4,412	69,979

Who is named Kolar

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Kolar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kolar

Kolar has the Soundex code K460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K460.

Questions

Where does the surname Kolar come from?: Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *kolařь (“wheelwright”), via various languages, including: * Czech Kolář, from kolář. * Slovak Kolár, from kolár. * Serbo-Croatian Kolar, from kolar. * Slovene Kolar, from kolar.
How common is the surname Kolar?: 4,413 people in the United States had the surname Kolar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,963 Americans. It ranked 7,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kolar?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kolar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kolar getting more or less common?: More common. 3,950 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,413 in 2010, up 12%.