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The surname Gawlik

A Polish surname, carried by 1,314 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G420

Gawlik: #20,248 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gawlik #20,248, 1,314 people Gawlik: #20,248 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gawlik #20,248, 1,314 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gawlik is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Gawlik.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,314 people named Gawlik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,966 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,346.

#20,248
rank among US surnames
1,314
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-2.4%
change since 2000 (was #18,811)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#20,239Arista1,315234,787
#20,248Gethers1,314234,966

Who is named Gawlik

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

96% of people named Gawlik identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
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

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Gawlik

Gawlik has the Soundex code G420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G420.

Other Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gawlik come from?
From Polish Gawlik.
How common is the surname Gawlik?
1,314 people in the United States had the surname Gawlik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,966 Americans. It ranked 20,248th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gawlik?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gawlik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gawlik getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,314 in 2010, down 2.4%.