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    The surname Polacek

    A Czech surname, carried by 1,133 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P422

    Polacek: #22,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Polacek #22,646, 1,133 people Polacek: #22,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Polacek #22,646, 1,133 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Polacek is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    Borrowed from Czech Poláček.

    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 1,133 people named Polacek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,075.

    #22,646
    rank among US surnames
    1,133
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,352)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,637Prato1,134272,262
    #22,646DiVincenzo1,133272,503

    Who is named Polacek

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

    97% of people named Polacek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    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 Polacek

    Polacek has the Soundex code P422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P422.

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Polacek come from?
    Borrowed from Czech Poláček.
    How common is the surname Polacek?
    1,133 people in the United States had the surname Polacek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. It ranked 22,646th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Polacek?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Polacek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Polacek getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,133 in 2010, up 5.4%.