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    The surname Sawchuk

    An Ukrainian surname, carried by 536 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S220

    Sawchuk: #40,745 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sawchuk #40,745, 536 people Sawchuk: #40,745 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Sawchuk #40,745, 536 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sawchuk is more common than 74.9% of them.

    Origin

    Ukrainian origin

    Alternative romanization of Savchuk, with W used to transliterate Ukrainian в (v), from Ukrainian Савчук (Savčuk). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.

    One of 22 Ukrainian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 536 people named Sawchuk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 576,018 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 501.

    #40,745
    rank among US surnames
    536
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #41,060)

    Who is named Sawchuk

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

    94% of people named Sawchuk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Sawchuk

    Sawchuk has the Soundex code S220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S220.

    Other Ukrainian surnames

    All 22 Ukrainian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sawchuk come from?
    Alternative romanization of Savchuk, with W used to transliterate Ukrainian в (v), from Ukrainian Савчук (Savčuk). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.
    How common is the surname Sawchuk?
    536 people in the United States had the surname Sawchuk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 576,018 Americans. It ranked 40,745th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sawchuk?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sawchuk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Sawchuk getting more or less common?
    More common. 501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 536 in 2010, up 7.0%.