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    The surname Rybak

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,934 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R120

    Rybak: #15,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rybak #15,223, 1,934 people Rybak: #15,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rybak #15,223, 1,934 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rybak is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish Rybak, Czech Rybák, Ukrainian Рибак (Rybak), Belarusian and Russian Рыбак (Rybak).

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,934 people named Rybak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,641 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,882.

    #15,223
    rank among US surnames
    1,934
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,521)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,217Nathanson1,936159,476
    #15,221Gula1,935159,558
    #15,223Rosenberry1,934159,641
    #15,229Salamon1,933159,724
    #15,232Dy1,932159,806

    Who is named Rybak

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

    98% of people named Rybak identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rybaks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pavel Alyaksandravich Rybak
      Belarusian footballer, born 1983
    • Yury Rybak
      Belarusian judoka, born 1979

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rybak

    Rybak has the Soundex code R120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R120.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rybak come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Rybak, Czech Rybák, Ukrainian Рибак (Rybak), Belarusian and Russian Рыбак (Rybak).
    How common is the surname Rybak?
    1,934 people in the United States had the surname Rybak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,641 Americans. It ranked 15,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rybak?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Rybak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Rybak?
    Pavel Alyaksandravich Rybak, Belarusian footballer, followed by Yury Rybak.
    Where is the surname Rybak most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rybak in Belarus.
    Is the surname Rybak getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,882 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,934 in 2010, up 2.8%.