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The surname Rybka

A Polish surname, carried by 646 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R120

Rybka: #34,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rybka #34,916, 646 people Rybka: #34,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rybka #34,916, 646 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rybka is more common than 78.5% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish, Czech Rybka, Ukrainian Рибка (Rybka), Russian Рыбка (Rybka); from rybka, рибка (rybka), and рыбка (rybka, “little fish”).

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 646 people named Rybka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 477,934 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 641.

#34,916
rank among US surnames
646
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
+0.8%
change since 2000 (was #33,563)

Who is named Rybka

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

95% of people named Rybka identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rybka

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

Other Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rybka come from?
Borrowed from Polish, Czech Rybka, Ukrainian Рибка (Rybka), Russian Рыбка (Rybka); from rybka, рибка (rybka), and рыбка (rybka, “little fish”).
How common is the surname Rybka?
646 people in the United States had the surname Rybka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 477,934 Americans. It ranked 34,916th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rybka?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rybka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rybka getting more or less common?
More common. 641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 646 in 2010, up 0.8%.