How common is the surname Shostak?

595 people in the United States had the surname Shostak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 518,900 Americans. It ranked 37,442nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shostak?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shostak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Shostak most common?

Wikidata records people named Shostak in the United States.

Is the surname Shostak getting more or less common?

More common. 469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 595 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Shostak

An Ukrainian surname, carried by 595 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S232

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shostak is more common than 76.9% of them.

Origin

Ukrainian origin

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”).

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 595 people named Shostak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 518,900 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 469.

#37,442

rank among US surnames

595

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+26.9%

change since 2000 (was #43,377)

Who is named Shostak

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

95% of people named Shostak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shostaks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Seth Shostak
Astronomer, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Schostak
Sostak
Szostak

Shostak has the Soundex code S232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S232.

Other Ukrainian surnames

All 22 Ukrainian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shostak come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Shostak?: 595 people in the United States had the surname Shostak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 518,900 Americans. It ranked 37,442nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shostak?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shostak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Shostak?: Seth Shostak, astronomer.
Where is the surname Shostak most common?: Wikidata records people named Shostak in the United States.
Is the surname Shostak getting more or less common?: More common. 469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 595 in 2010, up 27%.
What are other spellings of Shostak?: Schostak, Sostak and Szostak.