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    The surname Kaska

    A Czech nickname surname, carried by 531 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaska is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    * 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”).

    Kaska is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    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 531 people named Kaska in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 581,442 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 538.

    #41,038
    rank among US surnames
    531
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #38,644)

    Who is named Kaska

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

    89% of people named Kaska identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kaska

    Kaska has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kaska come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Kaska?
    531 people in the United States had the surname Kaska in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 581,442 Americans. It ranked 41,038th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kaska?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kaska identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    What type of surname is Kaska?
    Kaska is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Kaska getting more or less common?
    Less common. 538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 531 in 2010, down 1.3%.