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    The surname Cieslak

    A surname, carried by 1,746 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C242

    Cieslak: #16,462 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cieslak #16,462, 1,746 people Cieslak: #16,462 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cieslak #16,462, 1,746 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cieslak is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Polish Cieślak.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,746 people named Cieslak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,685.

    #16,462
    rank among US surnames
    1,746
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,854)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,457Chisum1,747176,729
    #16,462Cieslak1,746176,830
    #16,470Denker1,745176,932

    Who is named Cieslak

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

    95% of people named Cieslak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    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 Cieslak

    Cieslak has the Soundex code C242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C242.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cieslak come from?
    From Polish Cieślak.
    How common is the surname Cieslak?
    1,746 people in the United States had the surname Cieslak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. It ranked 16,462nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cieslak?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cieslak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cieslak getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,746 in 2010, up 3.6%.