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    The surname Spivak

    An Ukrainian surname, carried by 1,550 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S112

    Spivak: #18,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Spivak #18,007, 1,550 people Spivak: #18,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Spivak #18,007, 1,550 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spivak is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    Ukrainian origin

    From Ukrainian співак (spivak, “singer”).

    One of 22 Ukrainian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,550 people named Spivak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,502.

    #18,007
    rank among US surnames
    1,550
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,351)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,003Wasielewski1,551199,062
    #18,007Spivak1,550199,191

    Who is named Spivak

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

    97% of people named Spivak identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Spivaks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Spivak
      American mathematician (1940–2020)
    • Charlie Spivak
      American trumpeter and bandleader of Ukrainian Jewish origin (1907–1982)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Spivack

    Spivak has the Soundex code S112, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S112.

    Other Ukrainian surnames

    All 22 Ukrainian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Spivak come from?
    From Ukrainian співак (spivak, “singer”).
    How common is the surname Spivak?
    1,550 people in the United States had the surname Spivak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. It ranked 18,007th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Spivak?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Spivak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Spivak?
    Michael Spivak, American mathematician (1940–2020), followed by Charlie Spivak.
    Where is the surname Spivak most common?
    Wikidata records people named Spivak in the United States.
    Is the surname Spivak getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,550 in 2010, up 3.2%.
    What are other spellings of Spivak?
    Spivack.