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    The surname Polsky

    A surname, carried by 726 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P420

    Polsky: #31,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Polsky #31,790, 726 people Polsky: #31,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Polsky #31,790, 726 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Polsky is more common than 80.4% of them.

    Origin

    From Ukrainian Польський (Polʹsʹkyj) and Russian Польский (Polʹskij), both meaning Polish.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 726 people named Polsky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 425,269 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 691.

    #31,790
    rank among US surnames
    726
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #31,621)

    Who is named Polsky

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

    94% of people named Polsky identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Polsky

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Polsky come from?
    From Ukrainian Польський (Polʹsʹkyj) and Russian Польский (Polʹskij), both meaning Polish.
    How common is the surname Polsky?
    726 people in the United States had the surname Polsky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 425,269 Americans. It ranked 31,790th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Polsky?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Polsky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Polsky getting more or less common?
    More common. 691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 726 in 2010, up 5.1%.