How common is the surname Kaczmarek?

4,052 people in the United States had the surname Kaczmarek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,196 Americans. It ranked 8,184th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kaczmarek?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kaczmarek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kaczmarek?

Jane Kaczmarek, American actress (born 1955).

Where is the surname Kaczmarek most common?

Wikidata records people named Kaczmarek in the United States.

Is the surname Kaczmarek getting more or less common?

More common. 3,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,052 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Kaczmarek

A Polish surname, carried by 4,052 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaczmarek is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Kaczmarek.

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 4,052 people named Kaczmarek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,196 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,937.

#8,184

rank among US surnames

4,052

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,176	Hazard	4,054	76,158
#8,178	Stella	4,053	76,177
#8,184	Kaczmarek	4,052	76,196
#8,189	Severino	4,051	76,215

Who is named Kaczmarek

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

96% of people named Kaczmarek identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kaczmareks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jane Kaczmarek
American actress (born 1955)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kaczmarek

Kaczmarek has the Soundex code K256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K256.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kaczmarek come from?: Borrowed from Polish Kaczmarek.
How common is the surname Kaczmarek?: 4,052 people in the United States had the surname Kaczmarek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,196 Americans. It ranked 8,184th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kaczmarek?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kaczmarek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kaczmarek?: Jane Kaczmarek, American actress (born 1955).
Where is the surname Kaczmarek most common?: Wikidata records people named Kaczmarek in the United States.
Is the surname Kaczmarek getting more or less common?: More common. 3,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,052 in 2010, up 2.9%.