How common is the surname Borek?

1,350 people in the United States had the surname Borek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Borek?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Borek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Borek getting more or less common?

More common. 1,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Borek

A surname, carried by 1,350 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Borek is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

From Polish Borek and Czech Bořek.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,350 people named Borek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,318.

#19,896

rank among US surnames

1,350

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,090)

Who is named Borek

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

97% of people named Borek identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

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 Borek

Borek has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Questions

Where does the surname Borek come from?: From Polish Borek and Czech Bořek.
How common is the surname Borek?: 1,350 people in the United States had the surname Borek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Borek?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Borek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Borek getting more or less common?: More common. 1,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, up 2.4%.