# Komar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/komar/  
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) | 1,685 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,900 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 183,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (1,682 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Czech Komár, Slovak Komár, Polish Komar, or Slovene Komar; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *komarъ (“mosquito”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Komar 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) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Komar in Poland.

## People named Komar

- Władysław Komar, athletics competitor (1940-1998)

## Similar surnames

Kumar, Kumari, Keener, Kamara, Kenner, Knorr, Kimura, Kummer, Kammer, Knauer, Kinnear, Kinner.

## 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.