How common is the surname Walczak?

3,437 people in the United States had the surname Walczak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,830 Americans. It ranked 9,466th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walczak?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Walczak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Walczak getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,437 in 2010, down 3.2%.

The surname Walczak

A surname, carried by 3,437 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W422

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walczak is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

From Polish Walczak.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,437 people named Walczak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,830 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,549.

#9,466

rank among US surnames

3,437

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-3.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,545)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,458	Borrelli	3,440	89,752
#9,461	Hoban	3,439	89,778
#9,464	Cavallo	3,438	89,804
#9,466	Poulson	3,437	89,830
#9,471	Spradley	3,434	89,908
#9,473	Scalf	3,433	89,935

Who is named Walczak

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

97% of people named Walczak identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Walczak come from?: From Polish Walczak.
How common is the surname Walczak?: 3,437 people in the United States had the surname Walczak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,830 Americans. It ranked 9,466th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walczak?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Walczak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Walczak getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,437 in 2010, down 3.2%.