The surname Kwak
A Polish surname, carried by 4,652 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex K200
Origin
Polish origin
From the Korean surname, from 곽 (gwak). More at Kwak. Borrowed also from Polish Kwak.
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 4,652 people named Kwak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,368 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,678.
Who is named Kwak
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Kwak identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 85%
- White (not Hispanic) 13%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Kwak
Kwak has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.
Other Polish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kwak come from?
- From the Korean surname, from 곽 (gwak). More at Kwak. Borrowed also from Polish Kwak.
- How common is the surname Kwak?
- 4,652 people in the United States had the surname Kwak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,368 Americans. It ranked 7,184th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kwak?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Kwak identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Kwak getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,652 in 2010, up 27%.