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    The surname Olenik

    A surname, carried by 517 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O452

    Olenik: #42,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Olenik #42,030, 517 people Olenik: #42,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Olenik #42,030, 517 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Olenik is more common than 74.1% of them.

    Origin

    Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Olejník, or an Americanized form of Polish Olejnik.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 517 people named Olenik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 597,187 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 509.

    #42,030
    rank among US surnames
    517
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #40,465)

    Who is named Olenik

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

    97% of people named Olenik identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Olenik

    Olenik has the Soundex code O452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O452.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Olenik come from?
    Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Olejník, or an Americanized form of Polish Olejnik.
    How common is the surname Olenik?
    517 people in the United States had the surname Olenik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 597,187 Americans. It ranked 42,030th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Olenik?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Olenik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Olenik getting more or less common?
    More common. 509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 517 in 2010, up 1.6%.