How common is the surname Molnar?

8,586 people in the United States had the surname Molnar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,959 Americans. It ranked 4,131st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Molnar?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Molnar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Molnar?

Balázs Molnár, (1977–) Hungarian association football player, followed by Farkas Molnár.

Where is the surname Molnar most common?

Wikidata records people named Molnar in Hungary.

Is the surname Molnar getting more or less common?

More common. 8,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,586 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Molnar

A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 8,586 people in the United States.

2 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). Molnar is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

From Hungarian Molnár; from molnár (“miller”), also found in several Slavic languages. Sometimes Americanized from Dutch Molenaar. Doublet of Miller.

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

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,586 people named Molnar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,959 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,478.

#4,131

rank among US surnames

8,586

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,848)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,123	Hernandes	8,612	35,851
#4,124	Garrido	8,605	35,880
#4,125	Spalding	8,601	35,896
#4,126	Deanda	8,600	35,901
#4,127	Calabrese	8,599	35,905
#4,128	Matheny	8,595	35,922
#4,129	Yuan	8,588	35,951

Who is named Molnar

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

96% of people named Molnar identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Molnars

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Balázs Molnár
(1977–) Hungarian association football player
Farkas Molnár
Architect, painter (1897-1945)
György Molnár
Association football player (1901-1977)
Kisjankó Bori
1876–1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Molnar

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

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Molnar come from?: From Hungarian Molnár; from molnár (“miller”), also found in several Slavic languages. Sometimes Americanized from Dutch Molenaar. Doublet of Miller.
How common is the surname Molnar?: 8,586 people in the United States had the surname Molnar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,959 Americans. It ranked 4,131st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Molnar?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Molnar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Molnar?: Balázs Molnár, (1977–) Hungarian association football player, followed by Farkas Molnár.
Where is the surname Molnar most common?: Wikidata records people named Molnar in Hungary.
What type of surname is Molnar?: Molnar is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Molnar getting more or less common?: More common. 8,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,586 in 2010, up 1.3%.