# Kaska (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kaska/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Czech.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 531 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,038 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 581,442 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.3% (538 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Polish, Czech and Slovak surname, from Kaska or Kaška, pet form of the personal name Kazimír. Compare Kazimir. * Also as a Czech and Slovak surname, diminutive of kaša (“porridge”), compare Kasa. * Also as a Slovak surname, Kaška, a nickname from kaška (“primula veris”). * As a German surname, variant of Kaske, itself Germanized from Slavic forms of Lukas, as well as the noun kaczka (“duck”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kaska in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Kass, Kays, Kash, Kassa, Kase, Koch, Keys, Keyes, Keck, Kish, Koss, Kwok.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.