Molnár

surname · Latin script

Meaning: miller

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/molnaːr/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Molnár is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country, where it is the 15th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • HUHungary≈1 in 623(inferred from the name graph)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 801
  • HRCroatia1 in 3.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Hungary (inferred from the name graph)

≈16,000 people, est.

Sources
111 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 623 (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Molnar in CZ Czechia.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

miller

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Molnár counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Molnár is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary#15≈16,000 est.≈1 in 623101KMolnár111
US United States—8,5861 in 39K8.6KMolnár23
SK Slovakia#306,7941 in 8016.8KMolnár76
CN China—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 726K—Molnár2
HR Croatia—1,2521 in 3.4K1.3K—1
CZ Czechia#6847781 in 14K778Molnar49
SI Slovenia—1341 in 16K134—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Nyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); MVČR — living population register 2017; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Molnár is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname42 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Hungary, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, Hungarian, Spanish

    Also written Molnar, Molnàr, โมลินาริ, โมลินารี่, โมลนาร์

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Molnãr, Molnàr, Molnar, Molnår

  • Croatian surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia, United States, Romania

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian

    Also written Molnar, Молнар

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Farkas Molnár, b. 1897Vera Molnár, b. 1924Pavol Molnár, b. 1936Piroska Molnár, b. 1945Péter Kálloy Molnár, b. 1970Csaba Molnár, b. 1975Tamás Molnár, b. 1975Ninoslav Molnár, b. 1983Ingo Molnár, b. 2000Attila Molnár, b. 2002

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalTisztelt Molnár!Dear Molnár, (English)
InformalTisztelt Molnár!Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Molnár
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2011107K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2012107K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2013106K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2014106K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2015106K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2016105K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2017105K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2018104K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2019104K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2020103K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2021103K#8
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025)2022102K#8

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Molnár mean, and where does it come from?
miller Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Molnár?
A machine transcription gives /molnaːr/ (IPA) for Hungarian.
In which country does Molnár have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Molnár in Hungary, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled molnár.
How common is the name Molnár?
In the United States, the national register counted 8,586 people named Molnár in 2010, about 1 in 39 thousand residents.
How common is Molnár compared with other names?
In Hungary, Molnár is the 15th most common surname of 88,284 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Molnár” — the 15th most common surname in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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