How common is the surname Panek?

3,032 people in the United States had the surname Panek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,829 Americans. It ranked 10,572nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Panek?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Panek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Panek getting more or less common?

More common. 2,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,032 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Panek

A Polish surname, carried by 3,032 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Panek is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Panek and Czech Pánek.

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 3,032 people named Panek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,829 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,996.

#10,572

rank among US surnames

3,032

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,934)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,563	Nadler	3,034	101,762
#10,565	Mullikin	3,033	101,795
#10,572	Larocque	3,032	101,829
#10,577	Hartzog	3,031	101,863

Who is named Panek

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

96% of people named Panek identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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 Panek

Panek has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Panek come from?: Borrowed from Polish Panek and Czech Pánek.
How common is the surname Panek?: 3,032 people in the United States had the surname Panek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,829 Americans. It ranked 10,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Panek?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Panek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Panek getting more or less common?: More common. 2,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,032 in 2010, up 1.2%.