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    The surname Michalec

    A surname, carried by 1,080 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M242

    Michalec: #23,515 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Michalec #23,515, 1,080 people Michalec: #23,515 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Michalec #23,515, 1,080 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Michalec is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech, Polish, and Slovak Michalec.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,080 people named Michalec in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,875 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,019.

    #23,515
    rank among US surnames
    1,080
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,315)

    Who is named Michalec

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

    93% of people named Michalec identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Michalec

    Michalec has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Michalec come from?
    From Czech, Polish, and Slovak Michalec.
    How common is the surname Michalec?
    1,080 people in the United States had the surname Michalec in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,875 Americans. It ranked 23,515th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Michalec?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Michalec identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Michalec getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,080 in 2010, up 6.0%.