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    The surname Komar

    A surname, carried by 1,685 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K560

    Komar: #16,900 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Komar #16,900, 1,685 people Komar: #16,900 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Komar #16,900, 1,685 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Komar is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,685 people named Komar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,232 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,682.

    #16,900
    rank among US surnames
    1,685
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,880)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,894Schild1,686183,123
    #16,900Hoar1,685183,232
    #16,909Gagner1,684183,341

    Who is named Komar

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

    92% of people named Komar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Komars

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Władysław Komar
      Athletics competitor (1940-1998)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Komar

    Komar has the Soundex code K560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K560.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Komar come from?
    From Czech Komár, Slovak Komár, Polish Komar, or Slovene Komar; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *komarъ (“mosquito”).
    How common is the surname Komar?
    1,685 people in the United States had the surname Komar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,232 Americans. It ranked 16,900th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Komar?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Komar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Komar?
    Władysław Komar, athletics competitor (1940-1998).
    Where is the surname Komar most common?
    Wikidata records people named Komar in Poland.
    Is the surname Komar getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,685 in 2010, up 0.2%.