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    The surname Mohar

    A Slovene patronymic surname, carried by 619 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mohar is more common than 77.7% of them.

    Origin

    Slovene origin

    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”).

    Mohar is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 619 people named Mohar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 498,781 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 610.

    #36,204
    rank among US surnames
    619
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #35,003)

    Who is named Mohar

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

    83% of people named Mohar identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mohar

    Mohar has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mohar come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Mohar?
    619 people in the United States had the surname Mohar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 498,781 Americans. It ranked 36,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mohar?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Mohar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Mohar?
    Mohar is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Mohar getting more or less common?
    More common. 610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 619 in 2010, up 1.5%.