How common is the surname Okun?

1,028 people in the United States had the surname Okun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Okun?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Okun identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Okun?

Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (1928-1980).

Where is the surname Okun most common?

Wikidata records people named Okun in the United States.

Is the surname Okun getting more or less common?

More common. 1,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Okun

A Polish surname, carried by 1,028 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Okun is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Okuń and Russian окунь (okunʹ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *okunь.

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 1,028 people named Okun in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,002.

#24,370

rank among US surnames

1,028

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #23,594)

Who is named Okun

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

95% of people named Okun identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Okuns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arthur Melvin Okun
American economist (1928-1980)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Okun

Okun has the Soundex code O250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O250.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Okun come from?: Borrowed from Polish Okuń and Russian окунь (okunʹ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *okunь.
How common is the surname Okun?: 1,028 people in the United States had the surname Okun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Okun?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Okun identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Okun?: Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (1928-1980).
Where is the surname Okun most common?: Wikidata records people named Okun in the United States.
Is the surname Okun getting more or less common?: More common. 1,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, up 2.6%.