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    The surname Mednick

    A Russian occupational surname, carried by 577 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M352

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mednick is more common than 76.3% of them.

    Origin

    Russian origin

    From Russian ме́дник (médnik, “coppersmith”), a Jewish Ashkenazi occupational surname.

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

    One of 24 Russian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 577 people named Mednick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 535,088 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 584.

    #38,389
    rank among US surnames
    577
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #36,232)

    Who is named Mednick

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

    95% of people named Mednick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    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 Mednick

    Mednick has the Soundex code M352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M352.

    Other Russian surnames

    All 24 Russian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mednick come from?
    From Russian ме́дник (médnik, “coppersmith”), a Jewish Ashkenazi occupational surname.
    How common is the surname Mednick?
    577 people in the United States had the surname Mednick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 535,088 Americans. It ranked 38,389th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mednick?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mednick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Mednick?
    Mednick is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Mednick getting more or less common?
    Less common. 584 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 577 in 2010, down 1.2%.