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    The surname Kosak

    A surname, carried by 596 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K220

    Kosak: #37,391 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kosak #37,391, 596 people Kosak: #37,391 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kosak #37,391, 596 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kosak is more common than 77% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Polish, Lower Sorbian (Kósak), Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Kós, surname meaning "blackbird," from Proto-Slavic *kosъ, and Kosa, meaning "scythe." The Sorbian forms are sometimes Germanized as Kossack or in some cases Kozak. * Also as a Czech surname, from košák (“beehive”), itself formed from koš (“basket”). * As a Slovene surname, from koščak (“kind of nut tree”), probably from kost (“bone”). Compare Koschak. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from košak (“basket”). Compare Kosack.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 596 people named Kosak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 518,029 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 596.

    #37,391
    rank among US surnames
    596
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #35,666)

    Who is named Kosak

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

    94% of people named Kosak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kosak

    Kosak has the Soundex code K220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K220.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kosak come from?
    * As a Polish, Lower Sorbian (Kósak), Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Kós, surname meaning "blackbird," from Proto-Slavic *kosъ, and Kosa, meaning "scythe." The Sorbian forms are sometimes Germanized as Kossack or in some cases Kozak. * Also as a Czech surname, from košák (“beehive”), itself…
    How common is the surname Kosak?
    596 people in the United States had the surname Kosak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 518,029 Americans. It ranked 37,391st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kosak?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kosak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Kosak getting more or less common?
    About as common. 596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 596 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.