How common is the surname Kaminsky?

4,453 people in the United States had the surname Kaminsky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,334 Americans. It ranked 7,481st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kaminsky?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kaminsky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kaminsky?

Frank Kaminsky, American basketball player (born 1993), followed by Dan Kaminsky.

Where is the surname Kaminsky most common?

Wikidata records people named Kaminsky in the United States.

Is the surname Kaminsky getting more or less common?

More common. 4,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,453 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Kaminsky

A surname, carried by 4,453 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaminsky is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from various Slavic languages, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Kaměnьskъ. Doublet of Kamensky. Slavic sources include Belarusian Камі́нскі (Kamínski), Czech Kaminský, Polish Kamiński, Russian Ками́нский (Kamínskij), Slovak Kaminský, and Ukrainian Камі́нський (Kamínsʹkyj).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,453 people named Kaminsky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,334 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,246.

#7,481

rank among US surnames

4,453

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,245)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,477	Atencio	4,456	69,288
#7,478	Dehoyos	4,455	69,303
#7,480	Bilodeau	4,454	69,319
#7,481	Spina	4,453	69,334
#7,485	Smock	4,452	69,350

Who is named Kaminsky

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

96% of people named Kaminsky identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Two or more races 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kaminskys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Kaminsky
American basketball player (born 1993)
Dan Kaminsky
American security researcher (1979–2021)
Mel Brooks
American comedian, filmmaker, and actor (born 1926)
Danny Kaye
American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (1911–1987)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kaminsky

Kaminski

Kaminsky has the Soundex code K552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K552.

Questions

Where does the surname Kaminsky come from?: Borrowed from various Slavic languages, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Kaměnьskъ. Doublet of Kamensky. Slavic sources include Belarusian Камі́нскі (Kamínski), Czech Kaminský, Polish Kamiński, Russian Ками́нский (Kamínskij), Slovak Kaminský, and Ukrainian Камі́нський (Kamínsʹkyj).
How common is the surname Kaminsky?: 4,453 people in the United States had the surname Kaminsky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,334 Americans. It ranked 7,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kaminsky?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kaminsky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kaminsky?: Frank Kaminsky, American basketball player (born 1993), followed by Dan Kaminsky.
Where is the surname Kaminsky most common?: Wikidata records people named Kaminsky in the United States.
Is the surname Kaminsky getting more or less common?: More common. 4,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,453 in 2010, up 4.9%.