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    The surname Bialek

    A surname, carried by 1,120 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B420

    Bialek: #22,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bialek #22,856, 1,120 people Bialek: #22,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bialek #22,856, 1,120 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bialek is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Polish Białek (“type of snail”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,120 people named Bialek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,666 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 999.

    #22,856
    rank among US surnames
    1,120
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.1%
    change since 2000 (was #23,657)

    Who is named Bialek

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

    96% of people named Bialek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Bialek

    Bialek has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bialek come from?
    From Polish Białek (“type of snail”).
    How common is the surname Bialek?
    1,120 people in the United States had the surname Bialek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,666 Americans. It ranked 22,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bialek?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bialek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bialek getting more or less common?
    More common. 999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,120 in 2010, up 12%.