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    The surname Moldovan

    A surname, carried by 1,362 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /mɑlˈdoʊ.vən/ 3 syllables Soundex M431

    Moldovan: #19,763 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Moldovan #19,763, 1,362 people Moldovan: #19,763 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Moldovan #19,763, 1,362 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moldovan is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Moldova + -an.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,362 people named Moldovan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,089.

    #19,763
    rank among US surnames
    1,362
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,143)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,755Wertman1,363226,519
    #19,763Takeuchi1,362226,685

    Who is named Moldovan

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

    96% of people named Moldovan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American 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

    • Moldavian
    • Moldovian
    • Moldavan

    Moldovan has the Soundex code M431, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M431.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Moldovan come from?
    From Moldova + -an.
    How common is the surname Moldovan?
    1,362 people in the United States had the surname Moldovan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. It ranked 19,763rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moldovan?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Moldovan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Moldovan?
    Moldovan is /mɑlˈdoʊ.vən/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Moldovan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,362 in 2010, up 25%.
    What are other spellings of Moldovan?
    Moldavian, Moldovian and Moldavan.