How common is the surname Molitor?

3,712 people in the United States had the surname Molitor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,175 Americans. It ranked 8,822nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Molitor?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Molitor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Molitor?

Karl Molitor, alpine skier (1920-2014).

Where is the surname Molitor most common?

Wikidata records people named Molitor in Switzerland.

Is the surname Molitor getting more or less common?

More common. 3,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,712 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Molitor

A surname, carried by 3,712 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Molitor is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,712 people named Molitor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,175 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,585.

#8,822

rank among US surnames

3,712

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,465)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,813	Romans	3,715	83,108
#8,814	Coblentz	3,714	83,130
#8,817	Lonergan	3,713	83,153
#8,822	Molitor	3,712	83,175
#8,828	Wolverton	3,711	83,197

Who is named Molitor

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

96% of people named Molitor identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Molitors

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Molitor
Alpine skier (1920-2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Molitor

Molitor has the Soundex code M436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M436.

Questions

How common is the surname Molitor?: 3,712 people in the United States had the surname Molitor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,175 Americans. It ranked 8,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Molitor?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Molitor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Molitor?: Karl Molitor, alpine skier (1920-2014).
Where is the surname Molitor most common?: Wikidata records people named Molitor in Switzerland.
Is the surname Molitor getting more or less common?: More common. 3,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,712 in 2010, up 3.5%.