# Moldovan (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,362 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,763 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 226,685 people |
| Change since 2000 | +25% (1,089 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /mɑlˈdoʊ.vən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Moldavian, Moldovian, Moldavan |

## Etymology

From Moldova + -an.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moldovan 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Maltby.

## 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.