How common is the surname Jurek?

2,370 people in the United States had the surname Jurek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,272 Americans. It ranked 12,961st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jurek?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jurek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jurek?

Scott Jurek, American ultramarathoner.

Where is the surname Jurek most common?

Wikidata records people named Jurek in the United States.

Is the surname Jurek getting more or less common?

More common. 2,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,370 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Jurek

A Polish surname, carried by 2,370 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jurek is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Jurek.

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 2,370 people named Jurek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,272 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,111.

#12,961

rank among US surnames

2,370

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+12.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,256)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,953	Silverberg	2,371	130,217
#12,961	Rine	2,370	130,272
#12,965	Stigall	2,369	130,327
#12,968	Highfill	2,368	130,382

Who is named Jurek

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

94% of people named Jurek identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jureks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scott Jurek
American ultramarathoner, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jurek

Juarez

Jurek has the Soundex code J620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J620.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jurek come from?: Borrowed from Polish Jurek.
How common is the surname Jurek?: 2,370 people in the United States had the surname Jurek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,272 Americans. It ranked 12,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jurek?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jurek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jurek?: Scott Jurek, American ultramarathoner.
Where is the surname Jurek most common?: Wikidata records people named Jurek in the United States.
Is the surname Jurek getting more or less common?: More common. 2,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,370 in 2010, up 12%.