How common is the surname Beranek?

1,518 people in the United States had the surname Beranek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. It ranked 18,286th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beranek?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Beranek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Beranek?

Leo Beranek, American acoustical engineer (1914–2016), followed by Alois Beranek.

Where is the surname Beranek most common?

Wikidata records people named Beranek in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Beranek getting more or less common?

More common. 1,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,518 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Beranek

A Czech surname, carried by 1,518 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beranek is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

From Czech Beránek.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,518 people named Beranek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,452.

#18,286

rank among US surnames

1,518

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,781)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,278	Merlin	1,519	203,256
#18,286	Langlais	1,518	203,390

Who is named Beranek

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

98% of people named Beranek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beraneks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leo Beranek
American acoustical engineer (1914–2016)
Alois Beranek
Austrian football player, manager and referee (1900-1983)

Notable Beraneks come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beranek

Beranek has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beranek come from?: From Czech Beránek.
How common is the surname Beranek?: 1,518 people in the United States had the surname Beranek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. It ranked 18,286th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beranek?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Beranek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Beranek?: Leo Beranek, American acoustical engineer (1914–2016), followed by Alois Beranek.
Where is the surname Beranek most common?: Wikidata records people named Beranek in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Beranek getting more or less common?: More common. 1,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,518 in 2010, up 4.5%.