How common is the surname Kowalik?

1,435 people in the United States had the surname Kowalik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,154 Americans. It ranked 18,994th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kowalik?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kowalik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kowalik?

Trent Kowalik, American ballet dancer and actor.

Where is the surname Kowalik most common?

Wikidata records people named Kowalik in the United States.

Is the surname Kowalik getting more or less common?

More common. 1,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,435 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Kowalik

A Polish surname, carried by 1,435 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kowalik is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Kowalik.

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 1,435 people named Kowalik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,154 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,380.

#18,994

rank among US surnames

1,435

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #18,473)

Who is named Kowalik

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

97% of people named Kowalik identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kowaliks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Trent Kowalik
American ballet dancer and actor, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kowalik

Kowalik has the Soundex code K420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K420.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kowalik come from?: Borrowed from Polish Kowalik.
How common is the surname Kowalik?: 1,435 people in the United States had the surname Kowalik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,154 Americans. It ranked 18,994th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kowalik?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kowalik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kowalik?: Trent Kowalik, American ballet dancer and actor.
Where is the surname Kowalik most common?: Wikidata records people named Kowalik in the United States.
Is the surname Kowalik getting more or less common?: More common. 1,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,435 in 2010, up 4.0%.