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    The surname Molinero

    A Spanish occupational surname, carried by 562 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M456

    Molinero: #39,164 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Molinero #39,164, 562 people Molinero: #39,164 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Molinero #39,164, 562 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Molinero is more common than 75.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Molinero, an occupational surname from molinero (“miller”).

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

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 562 people named Molinero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 549,369 Americans. That is up 95% since 2000, when the Census counted 289.

    #39,164
    rank among US surnames
    562
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +94.5%
    change since 2000 (was #64,385)

    Who is named Molinero

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

    85% of people named Molinero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Molinero

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Molinero come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Molinero, an occupational surname from molinero (“miller”).
    How common is the surname Molinero?
    562 people in the United States had the surname Molinero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 549,369 Americans. It ranked 39,164th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Molinero?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Molinero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Molinero?
    Molinero is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Molinero getting more or less common?
    More common. 289 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 562 in 2010, up 95%.