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    The surname Kulesza

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,166 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K420

    Kulesza: #22,158 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kulesza #22,158, 1,166 people Kulesza: #22,158 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kulesza #22,158, 1,166 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kulesza is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    From Polish Kulesza.

    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 1,166 people named Kulesza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,790 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,085.

    #22,158
    rank among US surnames
    1,166
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #22,196)

    Who is named Kulesza

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

    97% of people named Kulesza identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kulesza

    Kulesza 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 Kulesza come from?
    From Polish Kulesza.
    How common is the surname Kulesza?
    1,166 people in the United States had the surname Kulesza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,790 Americans. It ranked 22,158th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kulesza?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kulesza identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kulesza getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,085 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,166 in 2010, up 7.5%.