How common is the surname Cermak?

1,692 people in the United States had the surname Cermak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,474 Americans. It ranked 16,860th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cermak?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cermak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cermak?

Anton Cermak, American politician (1873–1933).

Where is the surname Cermak most common?

Wikidata records people named Cermak in the United States.

Is the surname Cermak getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,692 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Cermak

A Czech surname, carried by 1,692 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cermak is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Čermák.

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 1,692 people named Cermak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,474 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,694.

#16,860

rank among US surnames

1,692

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,790)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,856	Loiacono	1,693	182,366
#16,860	Cermak	1,692	182,474
#16,864	Doyal	1,691	182,582
#16,868	Chmiel	1,690	182,690

Who is named Cermak

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

95% of people named Cermak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cermaks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anton Cermak
American politician (1873–1933)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Chermak

Surnames that sound like Cermak

Cermak has the Soundex code C652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C652.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cermak come from?: Borrowed from Czech Čermák.
How common is the surname Cermak?: 1,692 people in the United States had the surname Cermak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,474 Americans. It ranked 16,860th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cermak?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cermak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cermak?: Anton Cermak, American politician (1873–1933).
Where is the surname Cermak most common?: Wikidata records people named Cermak in the United States.
Is the surname Cermak getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,692 in 2010, down 0.1%.
What are other spellings of Cermak?: Chermak.