How common is the surname Kafka?

1,705 people in the United States had the surname Kafka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,082 Americans. It ranked 16,761st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kafka?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kafka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kafka?

Franz Kafka, Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924), followed by Gustav Kafka.

Where is the surname Kafka most common?

Wikidata records people named Kafka in Cisleithania and Austria.

How do you pronounce Kafka?

Kafka is /ˈkɑfkɑ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kafka getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,705 in 2010, down 2.7%.

The surname Kafka

A German surname, carried by 1,705 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɑfkɑ/ 2 syllables Soundex K120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kafka is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka (“jackdaw”), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the Proto-Slavic *kavъka, imitating the call of a jackdaw. Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka, all meaning “jackdaw”.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,705 people named Kafka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,082 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,753.

#16,761

rank among US surnames

1,705

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,369)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,755	Pandey	1,706	180,976
#16,761	Kafka	1,705	181,082
#16,765	Curtsinger	1,704	181,189

Who is named Kafka

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

93% of people named Kafka identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kafkas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
Gustav Kafka
Austrian academic (1883–1953)

Notable Kafkas come mostly from Cisleithania (1) and Austria (1).

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kafka come from?: From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka (“jackdaw”), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the Proto-Slavic *kavъka, imitating the call of a jackdaw. Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka, all meaning “jackdaw”.
How common is the surname Kafka?: 1,705 people in the United States had the surname Kafka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,082 Americans. It ranked 16,761st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kafka?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kafka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kafka?: Franz Kafka, Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924), followed by Gustav Kafka.
Where is the surname Kafka most common?: Wikidata records people named Kafka in Cisleithania and Austria.
How do you pronounce Kafka?: Kafka is /ˈkɑfkɑ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Kafka getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,705 in 2010, down 2.7%.