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The surname Kaczor

A Polish surname, carried by 1,711 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K260

Kaczor: #16,720 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kaczor #16,720, 1,711 people Kaczor: #16,720 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kaczor #16,720, 1,711 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaczor is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Kaczor, from kaczor (“drake”).

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 1,711 people named Kaczor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,447 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,650.

#16,720
rank among US surnames
1,711
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+3.7%
change since 2000 (was #16,119)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,716Rasor1,712180,342
#16,720Deeb1,711180,447
#16,728Rivenbark1,710180,553

Who is named Kaczor

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

96% of people named Kaczor identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • 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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kaczor

Kaczor has the Soundex code K260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K260.

Other Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kaczor come from?
From Polish Kaczor, from kaczor (“drake”).
How common is the surname Kaczor?
1,711 people in the United States had the surname Kaczor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,447 Americans. It ranked 16,720th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kaczor?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kaczor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kaczor getting more or less common?
More common. 1,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,711 in 2010, up 3.7%.