Molnar Family History

Hungarian (Molnár): occupational name from molnár ‘miller’ probably a Hungarized form of the South Slavic word for a miller mlinar. The surname Molnár is also found in Slovakia and Romania.

Serbian Croatian Slovenian and Rusyn: of Hungarian origin (see 1 above). In some cases also an Americanized form of Dutch Molenaar ‘miller’.

Jewish (from Hungary; Molnár): adoption of the name in 1 above either as a Hungarian calque of the formerly used German-based surname or because the Hungarian surname (or word) has some sounds in common with the original surname.