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    The surname Polak

    A surname, carried by 3,313 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P420

    Polak: #9,780 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Polak #9,780, 3,313 people Polak: #9,780 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Polak #9,780, 3,313 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Polak is more common than 94% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,313 people named Polak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,192 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,002.

    #9,780
    rank among US surnames
    3,313
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,916)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,777Petrick3,31593,136
    #9,778Shenk3,31493,164
    #9,780Polak3,31393,192
    #9,783Stagg3,31293,220
    #9,784Yowell3,31193,248
    #9,786Loughlin3,30993,305
    #9,788Chico3,30893,333

    Who is named Polak

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

    93% of people named Polak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Polaks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jakob Eduard Polak
      Austrian physician (1818–1891)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Polak

    Polak has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Polak?
    3,313 people in the United States had the surname Polak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,192 Americans. It ranked 9,780th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Polak?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Polak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Polak?
    Jakob Eduard Polak, Austrian physician (1818–1891).
    Where is the surname Polak most common?
    Wikidata records people named Polak in the Austrian Empire.
    Is the surname Polak getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,313 in 2010, up 10%.