How common is the surname Kovalenko?

1,014 people in the United States had the surname Kovalenko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. It ranked 24,629th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kovalenko?

In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Kovalenko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kovalenko?

Sergei Kovalenko, basketball player (1947-2004), followed by Aleksandr Kovalenko.

Where is the surname Kovalenko most common?

Wikidata records people named Kovalenko in Ukraine, the Soviet Union and Azerbaijan.

Is the surname Kovalenko getting more or less common?

More common. 676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,014 in 2010, up 50%.

The surname Kovalenko

A surname, carried by 1,014 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex K145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kovalenko is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,014 people named Kovalenko in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 676.

#24,629

rank among US surnames

1,014

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+50%

change since 2000 (was #32,161)

Who is named Kovalenko

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

99% of people named Kovalenko identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 99%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Two or more races 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kovalenkos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sergei Kovalenko
Basketball player (1947-2004)
Aleksandr Kovalenko
Belorussian athletics competitor (born 1963)
Kseniya Koçyiğit
Belarus-Azerbaijani volleyball player, born 1986

Notable Kovalenkos come mostly from Ukraine (1), the Soviet Union (1) and Azerbaijan (1).

Questions

How common is the surname Kovalenko?: 1,014 people in the United States had the surname Kovalenko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. It ranked 24,629th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kovalenko?: In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Kovalenko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kovalenko?: Sergei Kovalenko, basketball player (1947-2004), followed by Aleksandr Kovalenko.
Where is the surname Kovalenko most common?: Wikidata records people named Kovalenko in Ukraine, the Soviet Union and Azerbaijan.
Is the surname Kovalenko getting more or less common?: More common. 676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,014 in 2010, up 50%.