How common is the surname Pokorny?

2,905 people in the United States had the surname Pokorny in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,281 Americans. It ranked 10,954th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pokorny?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pokorny identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pokorny?

Adolf Pokorny, Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895, followed by József Pokorny.

Where is the surname Pokorny most common?

Wikidata records people named Pokorny in Austria and Hungary.

Is the surname Pokorny getting more or less common?

More common. 2,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,905 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Pokorny

A Czech surname, carried by 2,905 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P265

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pokorny is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Pokorný.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,905 people named Pokorny in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,281 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,866.

#10,954

rank among US surnames

2,905

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,303)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,950	Stabler	2,908	106,171
#10,951	Jama	2,907	106,208
#10,953	Carlucci	2,906	106,244
#10,954	Lamberth	2,905	106,281
#10,956	Bashaw	2,904	106,317
#10,959	Sorg	2,903	106,354

Who is named Pokorny

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

95% of people named Pokorny identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pokornys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adolf Pokorny
Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895
József Pokorny
Association footballer (1882-1955)

Notable Pokornys come mostly from Austria (1) and Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Pokorney

Pokorny has the Soundex code P265, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P265.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pokorny come from?: Borrowed from Czech Pokorný.
How common is the surname Pokorny?: 2,905 people in the United States had the surname Pokorny in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,281 Americans. It ranked 10,954th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pokorny?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pokorny identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pokorny?: Adolf Pokorny, Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895, followed by József Pokorny.
Where is the surname Pokorny most common?: Wikidata records people named Pokorny in Austria and Hungary.
Is the surname Pokorny getting more or less common?: More common. 2,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,905 in 2010, up 1.4%.
What are other spellings of Pokorny?: Pokorney.