How common is the surname Blazek?

2,674 people in the United States had the surname Blazek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,462 Americans. It ranked 11,719th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blazek?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Blazek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Blazek?

Petra Blazek, Austrian handball player.

Where is the surname Blazek most common?

Wikidata records people named Blazek in Austria.

Is the surname Blazek getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,674 in 2010, down 5.4%.

The surname Blazek

A surname, carried by 2,674 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B422

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blazek is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

From Czech Blažek or Polish Błażek.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,674 people named Blazek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,462 Americans. That is down 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,827.

#11,719

rank among US surnames

2,674

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-5.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,438)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,714	Dismuke	2,676	115,376
#11,716	Ikeda	2,675	115,419
#11,719	Blazek	2,674	115,462
#11,722	Pickel	2,673	115,505
#11,728	Currey	2,672	115,548

Who is named Blazek

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

96% of people named Blazek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blazeks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Petra Blazek
Austrian handball player, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blazek

Blazek has the Soundex code B422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B422.

Questions

Where does the surname Blazek come from?: From Czech Blažek or Polish Błażek.
How common is the surname Blazek?: 2,674 people in the United States had the surname Blazek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,462 Americans. It ranked 11,719th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blazek?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Blazek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Blazek?: Petra Blazek, Austrian handball player.
Where is the surname Blazek most common?: Wikidata records people named Blazek in Austria.
Is the surname Blazek getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,674 in 2010, down 5.4%.