# Kollar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kollar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,019 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,607 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 102,267 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (2,607 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *kolarь (“wheelwright”), via various Slavic languages, Hungarian, and German, including: * Lower Sorbian kółaŕ * Upper Sorbian kołaŕ * Slovak kolár * Czech kolář * Slovene kolar * Serbo-Croatian kolar * Polish kolarz

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kollar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kollar in the Austrian Empire.

## People named Kollar

- Vincenz Kollar, Austrian zoologist, entomologist and journalist (1797–1860)

## Similar surnames

Kohler, Koller, Kellar, Kolar, Koeller, Klar, Keller, Koehler, Keeler, Kelleher, Kahler, Kaylor.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.