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    The surname Horak

    A surname, carried by 2,947 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H620

    Horak: #10,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Horak #10,809, 2,947 people Horak: #10,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Horak #10,809, 2,947 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horak is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Horák.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,947 people named Horak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,766 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,725.

    #10,809
    rank among US surnames
    2,947
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #10,748)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,805Follett2,950104,660
    #10,806Mahaney2,949104,695
    #10,808Hoskinson2,948104,731
    #10,809Horak2,947104,766
    #10,812Romain2,946104,802

    Who is named Horak

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

    95% of people named Horak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Horaks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Walter Horak
      Austrian footballer (1931-2019)
    • Egon Horak
      Austrian botanist and mycologist, born 1937

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Horak

    Horak has the Soundex code H620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Horak come from?
    From Czech Horák.
    How common is the surname Horak?
    2,947 people in the United States had the surname Horak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,766 Americans. It ranked 10,809th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Horak?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Horak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Horak?
    Walter Horak, Austrian footballer (1931-2019), followed by Egon Horak.
    Where is the surname Horak most common?
    Wikidata records people named Horak in Austria.
    Is the surname Horak getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,947 in 2010, up 8.1%.