How common is the surname Skolnick?

1,201 people in the United States had the surname Skolnick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,074 Americans. It ranked 21,686th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Skolnick?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Skolnick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Skolnick?

Alex Skolnick, American guitarist.

Where is the surname Skolnick most common?

Wikidata records people named Skolnick in the United States.

Is the surname Skolnick getting more or less common?

More common. 1,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,201 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Skolnick

A surname, carried by 1,201 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Skolnick is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,201 people named Skolnick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,074 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,197.

#21,686

rank among US surnames

1,201

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,578)

Who is named Skolnick

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

93% of people named Skolnick identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Skolnicks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alex Skolnick
American guitarist, born 1968

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Skolnick

Solanki

Skolnick has the Soundex code S452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S452.

Questions

How common is the surname Skolnick?: 1,201 people in the United States had the surname Skolnick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,074 Americans. It ranked 21,686th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Skolnick?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Skolnick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Skolnick?: Alex Skolnick, American guitarist.
Where is the surname Skolnick most common?: Wikidata records people named Skolnick in the United States.
Is the surname Skolnick getting more or less common?: More common. 1,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,201 in 2010, up 0.3%.