How common is the surname Cerny?

3,227 people in the United States had the surname Cerny in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,676 Americans. It ranked 9,994th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cerny?

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

Who is the most famous person named Cerny?

Mark Cerny, American video game designer, followed by Harald Cerny.

Where is the surname Cerny most common?

Wikidata records people named Cerny in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Cerny getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,227 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Cerny

A Czech surname, carried by 3,227 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cerny is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

From Czech Černý.

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 3,227 people named Cerny in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,676 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,230.

#9,994

rank among US surnames

3,227

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,276)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,987	Chavers	3,230	95,587
#9,989	Sonnenberg	3,229	95,616
#9,991	Leek	3,228	95,646
#9,994	Shoaf	3,227	95,676
#9,997	Sword	3,225	95,735
#9,998	Jaques	3,224	95,765
#10,001	Dubon	3,223	95,794

Who is named Cerny

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

96% of people named Cerny identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cernys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Cerny
American video game designer, born 1964
Harald Cerny
Austrian association football player, born 1973
Amanda Cerny
American internet personality, born 1991

Notable Cernys come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cerny

Cerny has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cerny come from?: From Czech Černý.
How common is the surname Cerny?: 3,227 people in the United States had the surname Cerny in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,676 Americans. It ranked 9,994th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cerny?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cerny identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cerny?: Mark Cerny, American video game designer, followed by Harald Cerny.
Where is the surname Cerny most common?: Wikidata records people named Cerny in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Cerny getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,227 in 2010, down 0.1%.