The surname Michalak
A Polish surname, carried by 3,983 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M242
Origin
Polish origin
Borrowed from Polish Michalak.
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 3,983 people named Michalak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,516 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,774.
Who is named Michalak
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Michalak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Michalak
Michalak has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.
Other Polish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Michalak come from?
- Borrowed from Polish Michalak.
- How common is the surname Michalak?
- 3,983 people in the United States had the surname Michalak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,516 Americans. It ranked 8,320th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Michalak?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Michalak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Michalak getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,983 in 2010, up 5.5%.