How common is the surname Kollar?

3,019 people in the United States had the surname Kollar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,267 Americans. It ranked 10,607th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kollar?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kollar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kollar?

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

Where is the surname Kollar most common?

Wikidata records people named Kollar in the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Kollar getting more or less common?

More common. 2,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,019 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Kollar

A surname, carried by 3,019 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). Kollar is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,019 people named Kollar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,267 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,607.

#10,607

rank among US surnames

3,019

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+15.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,162)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,598	Chumley	3,022	102,166
#10,601	Boice	3,021	102,200
#10,603	Hugo	3,020	102,234
#10,607	Kollar	3,019	102,267
#10,613	Kelch	3,018	102,301
#10,614	Boateng	3,017	102,335
#10,615	Vila	3,016	102,369

Who is named Kollar

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

93% of people named Kollar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kollars

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kollar

Kollar 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 Kollar come from?: 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
How common is the surname Kollar?: 3,019 people in the United States had the surname Kollar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,267 Americans. It ranked 10,607th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kollar?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kollar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kollar?: Vincenz Kollar, Austrian zoologist, entomologist and journalist (1797–1860).
Where is the surname Kollar most common?: Wikidata records people named Kollar in the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Kollar getting more or less common?: More common. 2,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,019 in 2010, up 16%.