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    The surname Molchan

    A surname, carried by 506 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M425

    Molchan: #42,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Molchan #42,790, 506 people Molchan: #42,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Molchan #42,790, 506 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Molchan is more common than 73.6% of them.

    Origin

    From Ukrainian Молчан (Molčan), Russian Молчан (Molčan), and Slovak Molčan. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *mьlčati.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 506 people named Molchan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 610,169 Americans. That is down 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 547.

    #42,790
    rank among US surnames
    506
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #38,079)

    Who is named Molchan

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

    95% of people named Molchan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Molcan
    • Moltchan
    • Molczan
    • Movchan
    • Mowczan

    Molchan has the Soundex code M425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M425.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Molchan come from?
    From Ukrainian Молчан (Molčan), Russian Молчан (Molčan), and Slovak Molčan. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *mьlčati.
    How common is the surname Molchan?
    506 people in the United States had the surname Molchan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 610,169 Americans. It ranked 42,790th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Molchan?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Molchan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Molchan getting more or less common?
    Less common. 547 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 506 in 2010, down 7.5%.
    What are other spellings of Molchan?
    Molcan, Moltchan, Molczan, Movchan and Mowczan.