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The surname Kadlec

A Czech surname, carried by 1,884 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K342

Kadlec: #15,533 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kadlec #15,533, 1,884 people Kadlec: #15,533 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kadlec #15,533, 1,884 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kadlec is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Kadlec.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,884 people named Kadlec in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,878 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,762.

#15,533
rank among US surnames
1,884
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+6.9%
change since 2000 (was #15,309)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,527Rayas1,885163,791
#15,533Kadlec1,884163,878
#15,541Pomerantz1,883163,965

Who is named Kadlec

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

96% of people named Kadlec identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

  • Kadletz
  • Kadlets

Kadlec has the Soundex code K342, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K342.

Other Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kadlec come from?
Borrowed from Czech Kadlec.
How common is the surname Kadlec?
1,884 people in the United States had the surname Kadlec in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,878 Americans. It ranked 15,533rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kadlec?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kadlec identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kadlec getting more or less common?
More common. 1,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,884 in 2010, up 6.9%.
What are other spellings of Kadlec?
Kadletz and Kadlets.