# Shostak (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shostak/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Ukrainian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 595 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,442 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 518,900 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (469 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Schostak, Sostak, Szostak |

## Etymology

From Ukrainian Шостак (Šostak) and Belarusian Шостак (Šóstak), from Ukrainian шостий (šostyj, “sixth”) and Belarusian шосты (šósty, “sixth”). Less commonly, a respelling of Polish Szostak, Szóstak, and Slovak Šosták. Ultimately, from a derivative of Proto-Slavic *šestъ (“sixth”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shostak in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shostak in the United States.

## People named Shostak

- Seth Shostak, astronomer

## Similar surnames

Sixtos.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.