How common is the surname Kozak?

7,495 people in the United States had the surname Kozak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,194 Americans. It ranked 4,733rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kozak?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kozak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kozak?

Harley Jane Kozak, American actress and writer, followed by Roberto Kozak.

Where is the surname Kozak most common?

Wikidata records people named Kozak in the United States, Argentina and Belarus.

Is the surname Kozak getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,495 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Kozak

An occupational surname, carried by 7,495 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). Kozak is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

* As a Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian surname, all from the noun Kozak (“Cossack”). Compare the variants Kazak, Kosack, Kosak, Kozack. * Also as a Polish and Czech surname, occupational surname for a goatherd, from koza (“nanny goat”). This is also found in Slovene and Serbo-Croatian, though probably influenced by the sense above. * Also as a Slovak and Czech surname, possibly from kozák (“kind of mushroom”). * As a Turkish surname, from kozak (“cone”) or its homonym meaning "shady place," from Ottoman Turkish قوزاق. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קאָזאַק (kozak, “Cossack”), related to the first sense above.

Kozak is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,495 people named Kozak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,194 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,672.

#4,733

rank among US surnames

7,495

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,278)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,730	Diallo	7,502	41,155
#4,731	Levi	7,500	41,166
#4,732	Peeples	7,499	41,172
#4,733	Kozak	7,495	41,194

Who is named Kozak

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

96% of people named Kozak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kozaks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harley Jane Kozak
American actress and writer, born 1957
Roberto Kozak
Argentinian diplomat and humanitarian, 1942–2015
Anna Kozak
Belarusian sprinter, born 1974

Notable Kozaks come mostly from the United States (1), Argentina (1) and Belarus (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kozak

Kosak

Kozak 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 Kozak come from?: * As a Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian surname, all from the noun Kozak (“Cossack”). Compare the variants Kazak, Kosack, Kosak, Kozack. * Also as a Polish and Czech surname, occupational surname for a goatherd, from koza (“nanny goat”). This is also found in…
How common is the surname Kozak?: 7,495 people in the United States had the surname Kozak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,194 Americans. It ranked 4,733rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kozak?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kozak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kozak?: Harley Jane Kozak, American actress and writer, followed by Roberto Kozak.
Where is the surname Kozak most common?: Wikidata records people named Kozak in the United States, Argentina and Belarus.
What type of surname is Kozak?: Kozak is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Kozak getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,495 in 2010, down 2.3%.