# Kolek (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 578 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,332 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 534,162 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.8% (541 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Kolek, Polish Kolek, or Polish Kołek, all pet forms of Mikołaj. The Polish surname is also derived from kołek (“peg”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kolek 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) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kolek in the United States.

## People named Kolek

- Tyler Kolek, American basketball player (born 2001)

## Similar surnames

Klocke, Kolk, Kowalewski, Kowalik, Kowaleski, Kowalski, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kelso, Klug, Klaus, Kyles.

## 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.