Explore the Family Name Stolar

The meaning of Stolar

1. Slovak (Stolár) and Czech (Moravian) (Stolař and Stolář); Jewish (from Ukraine): occupational name from Slovak stolár, Moravian stolař, Ukrainian stolyar ‘joiner’. 2. Americanized form of Polish and Jewish (from Poland) Stolarz.

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How common is the last name Stolar in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Stolar saw a decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it held the rank of 39,885, but by 2010, it had fallen to rank 46,138 — a decrease of 15.68%. The total count of individuals with this surname also decreased, from 518 in 2000 to 462 in 2010, marking a reduction of 10.81%. As a proportion per 100,000 people, the prevalence of this surname went from 0.19 to 0.16 over the same period, a reduction of 15.79%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,885	#46,138	-15.68%
Count	518	462	-10.81%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.16	-15.79%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stolar

When looking at the ethnicity distribution associated with the surname Stolar, again based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, we see a significant predominance of those identifying as White in both 2000 and 2010. A minor increase of 0.39% was observed over this decade, bringing the percentage up to 96.32% in 2010. There was no recorded change for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. However, there was a notable increase of 86.21% in the Hispanic group, though it still represented a small portion of the total. On the other hand, the proportion of individuals identifying with two or more races decreased by 43.70%, from 2.70% in 2000 to 1.52% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.95%	96.32%	0.39%
Hispanic	1.16%	2.16%	86.21%
Two or More Races	2.7%	1.52%	-43.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%