How common is the surname Polansky?

2,624 people in the United States had the surname Polansky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,662 Americans. It ranked 11,928th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Polansky?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Polansky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Polansky?

Mark L. Polansky, American astronaut, pilot, followed by Paul Polansky.

Where is the surname Polansky most common?

Wikidata records people named Polansky in the United States.

How do you pronounce Polansky?

Polansky is /pəˈlænski/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Polansky getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,624 in 2010, down 3.5%.

The surname Polansky

A surname, carried by 2,624 people in the United States.

Pronounced /pəˈlænski/ 3 syllables Soundex P452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Polansky is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

From Czech Polanský, Slovak Polanský or a variant of Polanski.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,624 people named Polansky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,662 Americans. That is down 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,719.

#11,928

rank among US surnames

2,624

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-3.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,770)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,919	Karsten	2,627	117,528
#11,925	Festa	2,626	117,573
#11,926	Brass	2,625	117,617
#11,928	Polansky	2,624	117,662
#11,932	Kamal	2,623	117,707
#11,933	Ballance	2,622	117,752
#11,936	Okane	2,621	117,797

Who is named Polansky

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

96% of people named Polansky identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Polanskys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark L. Polansky
American astronaut, pilot, born 1956
Paul Polansky
American author and Romani rights activist (1942–2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Polansky

Polansky has the Soundex code P452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P452.

Questions

Where does the surname Polansky come from?: From Czech Polanský, Slovak Polanský or a variant of Polanski.
How common is the surname Polansky?: 2,624 people in the United States had the surname Polansky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,662 Americans. It ranked 11,928th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Polansky?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Polansky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Polansky?: Mark L. Polansky, American astronaut, pilot, followed by Paul Polansky.
Where is the surname Polansky most common?: Wikidata records people named Polansky in the United States.
How do you pronounce Polansky?: Polansky is /pəˈlænski/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Polansky getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,624 in 2010, down 3.5%.