How common is the surname Sladek?

1,396 people in the United States had the surname Sladek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,164 Americans. It ranked 19,372nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sladek?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sladek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sladek getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,396 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Sladek

A surname, carried by 1,396 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sladek is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

From Czech Sládek, from sládek.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,396 people named Sladek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,164 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,405.

#19,372

rank among US surnames

1,396

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,239)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,364	Vlahos	1,397	221,006
#19,372	Crass	1,396	221,164
#19,379	Persad	1,395	221,323

Who is named Sladek

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

96% of people named Sladek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Sladek come from?: From Czech Sládek, from sládek.
How common is the surname Sladek?: 1,396 people in the United States had the surname Sladek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,164 Americans. It ranked 19,372nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sladek?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sladek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sladek getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,396 in 2010, down 0.6%.