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    The surname Molano

    A surname, carried by 1,441 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M450

    Molano: #18,939 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Molano #18,939, 1,441 people Molano: #18,939 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Molano #18,939, 1,441 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Molano is more common than 88.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,441 people named Molano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,243.

    #18,939
    rank among US surnames
    1,441
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,976)

    Who is named Molano

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

    81% of people named Molano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Molano

    Molano has the Soundex code M450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Molano?
    1,441 people in the United States had the surname Molano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. It ranked 18,939th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Molano?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Molano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Molano getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,243 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,441 in 2010, up 16%.