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    The surname Svec

    A surname, carried by 1,313 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S120

    Svec: #20,263 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Svec #20,263, 1,313 people Svec: #20,263 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Svec #20,263, 1,313 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Svec is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Švec and Slovak Švec, from švec, from Proto-Slavic *šьvьcь.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,313 people named Svec in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,145 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,270.

    #20,263
    rank among US surnames
    1,313
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #19,642)

    Who is named Svec

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

    96% of people named Svec identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • 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.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Svec come from?
    From Czech Švec and Slovak Švec, from švec, from Proto-Slavic *šьvьcь.
    How common is the surname Svec?
    1,313 people in the United States had the surname Svec in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,145 Americans. It ranked 20,263rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Svec?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Svec identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Svec getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,313 in 2010, up 3.4%.