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    The surname Grahek

    A Slovene nickname surname, carried by 518 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G620

    Grahek: #41,959 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Grahek #41,959, 518 people Grahek: #41,959 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Grahek #41,959, 518 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grahek is more common than 74.1% of them.

    Origin

    Slovene origin

    Borrowed from Slovene Grahek, probably a nickname from a diminutive form of grah (“pea”).

    Grahek is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 518 people named Grahek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 596,034 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 475.

    #41,959
    rank among US surnames
    518
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.1%
    change since 2000 (was #42,912)

    Who is named Grahek

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

    97% of people named Grahek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander 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 Grahek

    Grahek has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Grahek come from?
    Borrowed from Slovene Grahek, probably a nickname from a diminutive form of grah (“pea”).
    How common is the surname Grahek?
    518 people in the United States had the surname Grahek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 596,034 Americans. It ranked 41,959th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grahek?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Grahek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Grahek?
    Grahek is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Grahek getting more or less common?
    More common. 475 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 518 in 2010, up 9.1%.