Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Bednarz

    A surname, carried by 2,462 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B356

    Bednarz: #12,576 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bednarz #12,576, 2,462 people Bednarz: #12,576 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bednarz #12,576, 2,462 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bednarz is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    From Polish Bednarz.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,462 people named Bednarz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,404 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,401.

    #12,576
    rank among US surnames
    2,462
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #11,937)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,576Hollman2,462125,404
    #12,581Storch2,461125,455
    #12,584Graver2,460125,506

    Who is named Bednarz

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

    96% of people named Bednarz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bednarz

    Bednarz has the Soundex code B356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B356.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bednarz come from?
    From Polish Bednarz.
    How common is the surname Bednarz?
    2,462 people in the United States had the surname Bednarz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,404 Americans. It ranked 12,576th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bednarz?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bednarz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bednarz getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,462 in 2010, up 2.5%.