How common is the surname Kmiec?

1,053 people in the United States had the surname Kmiec in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. It ranked 23,957th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kmiec?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kmiec identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kmiec getting more or less common?

More common. 1,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,053 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Kmiec

A Polish occupational surname, carried by 1,053 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kmiec is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Kmieć, from kmieć (“peasant, wealthy farmer”).

Kmiec is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,053 people named Kmiec in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,002.

#23,957

rank among US surnames

1,053

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #23,594)

Who is named Kmiec

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

94% of people named Kmiec identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 1.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kmiec come from?: From Polish Kmieć, from kmieć (“peasant, wealthy farmer”).
How common is the surname Kmiec?: 1,053 people in the United States had the surname Kmiec in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. It ranked 23,957th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kmiec?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kmiec identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Kmiec?: Kmiec is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Kmiec getting more or less common?: More common. 1,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,053 in 2010, up 5.1%.