Molinaro Surname

31,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,091 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Molinaro Surname User-submission:

The variants of this name vary according to the region they come from, and according to local dialect. (Before the unification, Italy was divided into many little kingdoms, each with it's dialect or language).

The surname Molinari is found in records first dating from the 12th Century.

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Molinaro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy9,4581:6,466841
United States4,1481:87,3829,848
Argentina7421:57,6064,879
Canada5971:61,7187,225
Brazil5571:384,33514,692
France5301:125,32619,051
Australia3561:75,8318,870
Venezuela1891:159,8104,810
Switzerland1001:82,1299,360
England811:687,87739,238
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Germany541:1,490,84290,195
Belgium481:239,51329,891
Spain301:1,558,40147,033
Austria201:425,77243,235
Uruguay191:180,61914,948
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Saint Lucia41:44,6952,207
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Wales41:773,63329,106
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010

Molinaro (206) may also be a first name.

Molinaro Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The variants of this name vary according to the region they come from, and according to local dialect. (Before the unification, Italy was divided into many little kingdoms, each with it's dialect or language).

The surname Molinari is found in records first dating from the 12th Century. It derives from the late Latin word, molinarius, which means 'mill worker' or 'miller'. As such it denotes the profession of the families back when censuses and records were first written. And in this way, it is the Italian counterpart to the English name Miller and to the Germanic Müller.

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Molinaro Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Molinaro Come From? nationality or country of origin

Molinaro (Russian: Молинаро) occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Molinaro click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Molinaro? popularity and diffusion

Molinaro is the 31,240th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 426,397 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Molinaro reside; 56 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 56 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 630,600th most prevalent given name at a global level It is held by 206 people.

This surname is most common in Italy, where it is held by 9,458 people, or 1 in 6,466. In Italy it is most numerous in: Calabria, where 33 percent live, Campania, where 17 percent live and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Italy this surname occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent live and Argentina, where 4 percent live.

Molinaro Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Molinaro last name are 0.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.29% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Molinaro earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 25.56% less than the national average, earning €22,355 per year; in South Africa they earn 30.54% more than the national average, earning R 310,224 per year; in United States they earn 5.36% more than the national average, earning $45,460 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.39% more than the national average, earning $59,315 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Molinaro Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Molinaro in the Russian language
Молинароmolinaro-

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