How common is the surname Pasternak?

2,329 people in the United States had the surname Pasternak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,566 Americans. It ranked 13,142nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pasternak?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pasternak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pasternak?

Natalia Pasternak Taschner, Brazilian biologist comunicadora científica.

Where is the surname Pasternak most common?

Wikidata records people named Pasternak in Brazil.

Is the surname Pasternak getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,329 in 2010, down 3.8%.

The surname Pasternak

A Polish surname, carried by 2,329 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pasternak is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Pasternak, Ukrainian Пастернак (Pasternak) and Yiddish פּאַסטערנאַק (pasternak).

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 2,329 people named Pasternak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,566 Americans. That is down 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,420.

#13,142

rank among US surnames

2,329

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-3.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,851)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,133	Hutsell	2,331	132,452
#13,138	Ament	2,330	132,509
#13,142	Cervera	2,329	132,566
#13,148	Thapa	2,328	132,623

Who is named Pasternak

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

96% of people named Pasternak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pasternaks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Natalia Pasternak Taschner
Brazilian biologist comunicadora científica, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Pasternack

Surnames that sound like Pasternak

Pasternak has the Soundex code P236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P236.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pasternak come from?: Borrowed from Polish Pasternak, Ukrainian Пастернак (Pasternak) and Yiddish פּאַסטערנאַק (pasternak).
How common is the surname Pasternak?: 2,329 people in the United States had the surname Pasternak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,566 Americans. It ranked 13,142nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pasternak?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pasternak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pasternak?: Natalia Pasternak Taschner, Brazilian biologist comunicadora científica.
Where is the surname Pasternak most common?: Wikidata records people named Pasternak in Brazil.
Is the surname Pasternak getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,329 in 2010, down 3.8%.
What are other spellings of Pasternak?: Pasternack.