# Molinaro (surname)

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

A surname from Italian, equivalent to English Miller.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,984 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,708 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 103,467 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (2,959 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Italian Molinaro.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Molinaro 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Molinaro in the United States.

## People named Molinaro

- Al Molinaro, American actor (1919-2015)
- Marcus Molinaro, American politician (born 1975)

## Similar surnames

Molnar, Molinar, Molinari, Molinero, Milner, Millner, Milliner.

## 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.