How common is the surname Sokol?

5,559 people in the United States had the surname Sokol in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,540 Americans. It ranked 6,158th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sokol?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sokol identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sokol getting more or less common?

More common. 5,517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,559 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Sokol

A surname, carried by 5,559 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sokol is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

From several Slavic languages, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ (“falcon”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,559 people named Sokol in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,540 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,517.

#6,158

rank among US surnames

5,559

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,751)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,149	Wendel	5,572	55,410
#6,150	Seely	5,571	55,420
#6,151	Mitchel	5,570	55,430
#6,152	Bartel	5,568	55,450
#6,153	Cress	5,565	55,480
#6,155	Benally	5,562	55,510
#6,156	McCraw	5,561	55,520

Who is named Sokol

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

96% of people named Sokol identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Sokol come from?: From several Slavic languages, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ (“falcon”).
How common is the surname Sokol?: 5,559 people in the United States had the surname Sokol in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,540 Americans. It ranked 6,158th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sokol?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sokol identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sokol getting more or less common?: More common. 5,517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,559 in 2010, up 0.8%.