# Mohar (surname)

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

A surname from Slovene.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Slovene |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 619 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,204 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 498,781 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (610 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Slovene Móhar. It could also be a variant of Moher, an Irish surname from Ó Mochair (“descendant of Mochar”), from mochar (“place with brushwood”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mohar 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Mahar, Mora, Mohr, Moura, Moor, Moir, Morra, Moore, Murray, Meyer, Morrow, Mayer.

## 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.