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    The surname Kolodziej

    A Polish surname, carried by 2,265 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K432

    Kolodziej: #13,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kolodziej #13,445, 2,265 people Kolodziej: #13,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kolodziej #13,445, 2,265 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kolodziej is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish Kołodziej, from Polish kołodziej (“wheelwright”), from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.

    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 2,265 people named Kolodziej in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,311 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,269.

    #13,445
    rank among US surnames
    2,265
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,524)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,438Epperly2,267136,191
    #13,440Lerman2,266136,251
    #13,445Boivin2,265136,311
    #13,453Carstensen2,264136,372

    Who is named Kolodziej

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

    97% of people named Kolodziej identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Kolodzei
    • Kolodzej
    • Kolodzey
    • Kolodej
    • Kolodey

    Kolodziej has the Soundex code K432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K432.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kolodziej come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Kołodziej, from Polish kołodziej (“wheelwright”), from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.
    How common is the surname Kolodziej?
    2,265 people in the United States had the surname Kolodziej in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,311 Americans. It ranked 13,445th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kolodziej?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kolodziej identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kolodziej getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,265 in 2010, down 0.2%.
    What are other spellings of Kolodziej?
    Kolodzei, Kolodzej, Kolodzey, Kolodej and Kolodey.