How common is the surname Pospisil?

1,517 people in the United States had the surname Pospisil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,524 Americans. It ranked 18,296th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pospisil?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Pospisil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pospisil getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,517 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Pospisil

A Czech surname, carried by 1,517 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P212

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pospisil is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

From Czech Pospíšil.

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 1,517 people named Pospisil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,524 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,552.

#18,296

rank among US surnames

1,517

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,914)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,296	Khatun	1,517	203,524
#18,301	Sayed	1,516	203,658

Who is named Pospisil

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

98% of people named Pospisil identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Two or more races 0.7%
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.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pospisil come from?: From Czech Pospíšil.
How common is the surname Pospisil?: 1,517 people in the United States had the surname Pospisil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,524 Americans. It ranked 18,296th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pospisil?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Pospisil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pospisil getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,517 in 2010, down 2.3%.