How common is the surname Bozek?

1,436 people in the United States had the surname Bozek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. It ranked 18,984th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bozek?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Bozek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bozek getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,436 in 2010, down 7.7%.

The surname Bozek

A surname, carried by 1,436 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bozek is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

From Czech Božek and Polish Bożek.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,436 people named Bozek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. That is down 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,556.

#18,984

rank among US surnames

1,436

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-7.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,880)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,977	Callas	1,437	214,854
#18,984	Arbaugh	1,436	215,004

Who is named Bozek

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

97% of people named Bozek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.6%
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

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bozek

Buczek

Bozek has the Soundex code B220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B220.

Questions

Where does the surname Bozek come from?: From Czech Božek and Polish Bożek.
How common is the surname Bozek?: 1,436 people in the United States had the surname Bozek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. It ranked 18,984th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bozek?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Bozek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bozek getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,436 in 2010, down 7.7%.