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    The surname Crnkovich

    A Serbo-Croatian patronymic surname, carried by 526 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C652

    Crnkovich: #41,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Crnkovich #41,359, 526 people Crnkovich: #41,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Crnkovich #41,359, 526 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crnkovich is more common than 74.5% of them.

    Origin

    Serbo-Croatian origin

    Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Crnković and Slovene Črnkovič, patronymic from the hypocoristic nickname Crnko, Črnko (“black-haired one”), from črn (“black”).

    Crnkovich is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 526 people named Crnkovich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 586,969 Americans. That is down 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 546.

    #41,359
    rank among US surnames
    526
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #38,141)

    Who is named Crnkovich

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

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

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Crnkovich

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

    Other Serbo-Croatian surnames

    All 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Crnkovich come from?
    Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Crnković and Slovene Črnkovič, patronymic from the hypocoristic nickname Crnko, Črnko (“black-haired one”), from črn (“black”).
    How common is the surname Crnkovich?
    526 people in the United States had the surname Crnkovich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 586,969 Americans. It ranked 41,359th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Crnkovich?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Crnkovich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Crnkovich?
    Crnkovich is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Crnkovich getting more or less common?
    Less common. 546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 526 in 2010, down 3.7%.