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The surname Michalik

A Polish surname, carried by 1,687 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M242

Michalik: #16,887 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Michalik #16,887, 1,687 people Michalik: #16,887 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Michalik #16,887, 1,687 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Michalik is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Michalik.

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 1,687 people named Michalik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,015 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,641.

#16,887
rank among US surnames
1,687
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+2.8%
change since 2000 (was #16,194)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,881Locher1,688182,906
#16,887Howery1,687183,015
#16,894Schild1,686183,123

Who is named Michalik

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

97% of people named Michalik identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 97%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Michalik

Michalik 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 Michalik come from?
Borrowed from Polish Michalik.
How common is the surname Michalik?
1,687 people in the United States had the surname Michalik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,015 Americans. It ranked 16,887th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Michalik?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Michalik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Michalik getting more or less common?
More common. 1,641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,687 in 2010, up 2.8%.