How common is the surname Slavik?

1,635 people in the United States had the surname Slavik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,835 Americans. It ranked 17,311th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Slavik?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Slavik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Slavik getting more or less common?

More common. 1,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,635 in 2010, up 8.3%.

Is Slavik also a first name?

Yes. Slavik is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Slavik

A surname, carried by 1,635 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S412

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slavik is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

From Czech Slavík and Slovak Slavík, both meaning "nightingale". Doublet of Salavey and Slowik.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,635 people named Slavik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,835 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,509.

#17,311

rank among US surnames

1,635

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,268)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,311	Hornyak	1,635	188,835
#17,319	Schmeling	1,634	188,951

Who is named Slavik

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

94% of people named Slavik identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Slavik

Slavik has the Soundex code S412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S412.

Questions

Where does the surname Slavik come from?: From Czech Slavík and Slovak Slavík, both meaning "nightingale". Doublet of Salavey and Slowik.
How common is the surname Slavik?: 1,635 people in the United States had the surname Slavik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,835 Americans. It ranked 17,311th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Slavik?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Slavik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Slavik getting more or less common?: More common. 1,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,635 in 2010, up 8.3%.
Is Slavik also a first name?: Yes. Slavik is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.