How common is the surname Sojka?

1,214 people in the United States had the surname Sojka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sojka?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Sojka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sojka getting more or less common?

More common. 1,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Sojka

A Polish surname, carried by 1,214 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sojka is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Borrowed from Polish Sojka.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,214 people named Sojka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,136.

#21,509

rank among US surnames

1,214

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,455)

Who is named Sojka

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

98% of people named Sojka identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Two or more races 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sojka

Sojka has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sojka come from?: Borrowed from Polish Sojka.
How common is the surname Sojka?: 1,214 people in the United States had the surname Sojka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sojka?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Sojka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sojka getting more or less common?: More common. 1,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, up 6.9%.