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The surname Kocian

A surname, carried by 1,085 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K250

Kocian: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kocian #23,432, 1,085 people Kocian: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kocian #23,432, 1,085 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kocian is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

From Slovak Kocian, Kocián, and Czech Kocián.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,085 people named Kocian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,056.

#23,432
rank among US surnames
1,085
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+2.7%
change since 2000 (was #22,706)

Who is named Kocian

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

95% of people named Kocian identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kocians

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Madison Kocian
    American gymnast, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

  • Kocjan
  • Kocyan
  • Koczian
  • Kotsian
  • Kotzian
  • Kozian

Surnames that sound like Kocian

Kocian has the Soundex code K250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K250.

Questions

Where does the surname Kocian come from?
From Slovak Kocian, Kocián, and Czech Kocián.
How common is the surname Kocian?
1,085 people in the United States had the surname Kocian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. It ranked 23,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kocian?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kocian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kocian?
Madison Kocian, American gymnast.
Where is the surname Kocian most common?
Wikidata records people named Kocian in the United States.
Is the surname Kocian getting more or less common?
More common. 1,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,085 in 2010, up 2.7%.
What are other spellings of Kocian?
Kocjan, Kocyan, Koczian, Kotsian, Kotzian and Kozian.