How common is the surname Molter?

1,800 people in the United States had the surname Molter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,525 Americans. It ranked 16,087th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Molter?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Molter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Molter getting more or less common?

More common. 1,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,800 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Molter

A surname, carried by 1,800 people in the United States.

2 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). Molter is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,800 people named Molter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,525 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,583.

#16,087

rank among US surnames

1,800

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+13.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,655)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,079	Wynkoop	1,801	171,430
#16,087	Shehan	1,800	171,525

Who is named Molter

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

94% of people named Molter identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Molter

Molter 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 Molter?: 1,800 people in the United States had the surname Molter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,525 Americans. It ranked 16,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Molter?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Molter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Molter getting more or less common?: More common. 1,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,800 in 2010, up 14%.