How common is the surname Kurek?

1,703 people in the United States had the surname Kurek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,295 Americans. It ranked 16,775th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kurek?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kurek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kurek getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,703 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Kurek

A surname, carried by 1,703 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kurek is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

From Polish Kurek.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,703 people named Kurek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,295 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,705.

#16,775

rank among US surnames

1,703

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,725)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,775	Coatney	1,703	181,295
#16,781	Dechant	1,702	181,402

Who is named Kurek

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

96% of people named Kurek identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kurek

Kurek has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

Questions

Where does the surname Kurek come from?: From Polish Kurek.
How common is the surname Kurek?: 1,703 people in the United States had the surname Kurek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,295 Americans. It ranked 16,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kurek?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kurek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kurek getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,703 in 2010, down 0.1%.