How common is the surname Kosek?

1,135 people in the United States had the surname Kosek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. It ranked 22,618th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kosek?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Kosek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kosek getting more or less common?

More common. 1,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,135 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Kosek

A Czech surname, carried by 1,135 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kosek is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech and Polish Kosek: * from a diminutive of kos (“blackbird”); * also a diminutive of kosa (“schythe”). Also as a Czech surname, from Košek, a pet form of the name Koša; see Kosa.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,135 people named Kosek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,078.

#22,618

rank among US surnames

1,135

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #22,304)

Who is named Kosek

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

98% of people named Kosek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.5%

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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kosek

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

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kosek come from?: Borrowed from Czech and Polish Kosek: * from a diminutive of kos (“blackbird”); * also a diminutive of kosa (“schythe”). Also as a Czech surname, from Košek, a pet form of the name Koša; see Kosa.
How common is the surname Kosek?: 1,135 people in the United States had the surname Kosek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. It ranked 22,618th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kosek?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Kosek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kosek getting more or less common?: More common. 1,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,135 in 2010, up 5.3%.