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    The surname Hornyak

    A surname, carried by 1,635 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H652

    Hornyak: #17,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hornyak #17,311, 1,635 people Hornyak: #17,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hornyak #17,311, 1,635 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hornyak is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    From Ukrainian Горняк (Hornjak) or Hungarian Hornyák, ultimately from a Slavic language, e.g. Czech Horňák, from horňák, or Slovak Horňák.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,635 people named Hornyak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,835 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,617.

    #17,311
    rank among US surnames
    1,635
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,391)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,311Hornyak1,635188,835
    #17,319Schmeling1,634188,951

    Who is named Hornyak

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

    96% of people named Hornyak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    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

    Variant spellings

    • Hornak
    • Horniak

    Surnames that sound like Hornyak

    Hornyak has the Soundex code H652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H652.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hornyak come from?
    From Ukrainian Горняк (Hornjak) or Hungarian Hornyák, ultimately from a Slavic language, e.g. Czech Horňák, from horňák, or Slovak Horňák.
    How common is the surname Hornyak?
    1,635 people in the United States had the surname Hornyak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,835 Americans. It ranked 17,311th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hornyak?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hornyak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hornyak getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,635 in 2010, up 1.1%.
    What are other spellings of Hornyak?
    Hornak and Horniak.