How common is the surname Molinaro?

2,984 people in the United States had the surname Molinaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,467 Americans. It ranked 10,708th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Molinaro?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Molinaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Molinaro?

Al Molinaro, American actor (1919-2015), followed by Marcus Molinaro.

Where is the surname Molinaro most common?

Wikidata records people named Molinaro in the United States.

Is the surname Molinaro getting more or less common?

More common. 2,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,984 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Molinaro

An Italian occupational surname, carried by 2,984 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Molinaro is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

From Italian Molinaro.

Molinaro is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,984 people named Molinaro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,467 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,959.

#10,708

rank among US surnames

2,984

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,046)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,701	Lamkin	2,987	103,363
#10,704	Rugg	2,986	103,398
#10,706	Wardlow	2,985	103,432
#10,708	Ricard	2,984	103,467
#10,711	Shute	2,983	103,502
#10,715	Reading	2,982	103,536
#10,717	Nicoletti	2,981	103,571

Who is named Molinaro

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

91% of people named Molinaro identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
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.

Famous Molinaros

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Molinaro

Molinaro has the Soundex code M456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M456.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Molinaro come from?: From Italian Molinaro.
How common is the surname Molinaro?: 2,984 people in the United States had the surname Molinaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,467 Americans. It ranked 10,708th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Molinaro?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Molinaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Molinaro?: Al Molinaro, American actor (1919-2015), followed by Marcus Molinaro.
Where is the surname Molinaro most common?: Wikidata records people named Molinaro in the United States.
What type of surname is Molinaro?: Molinaro is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Molinaro getting more or less common?: More common. 2,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,984 in 2010, up 0.8%.