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    The surname Kovacik

    A Slovak surname, carried by 552 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K122

    Kovacik: #39,773 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kovacik #39,773, 552 people Kovacik: #39,773 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kovacik #39,773, 552 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kovacik is more common than 75.5% of them.

    Origin

    Slovak origin

    From Slovak Kováčik, from kováč (“blacksmith”) + -ik (“forming diminutives and surnames”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 552 people named Kovacik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 559,322 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 586.

    #39,773
    rank among US surnames
    552
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #36,129)

    Who is named Kovacik

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

    97% of people named Kovacik identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kovacik

    Kovacik has the Soundex code K122, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K122.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kovacik come from?
    From Slovak Kováčik, from kováč (“blacksmith”) + -ik (“forming diminutives and surnames”).
    How common is the surname Kovacik?
    552 people in the United States had the surname Kovacik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 559,322 Americans. It ranked 39,773rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kovacik?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kovacik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kovacik getting more or less common?
    Less common. 586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 552 in 2010, down 5.8%.