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    The surname Jilek

    A surname, carried by 895 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex J420

    Jilek: #27,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Jilek #27,059, 895 people Jilek: #27,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Jilek #27,059, 895 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jilek is more common than 83.3% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Jílek, Jílek means "ryegrass" (any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium) in Czech.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 895 people named Jilek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 344,967 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 809.

    #27,059
    rank among US surnames
    895
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.6%
    change since 2000 (was #27,924)

    Who is named Jilek

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

    96% of people named Jilek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; 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 Jilek

    Jilek has the Soundex code J420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Jilek come from?
    From Czech Jílek, Jílek means "ryegrass" (any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium) in Czech.
    How common is the surname Jilek?
    895 people in the United States had the surname Jilek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 344,967 Americans. It ranked 27,059th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jilek?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Jilek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Jilek getting more or less common?
    More common. 809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 895 in 2010, up 11%.