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    The surname Wolak

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,667 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W420

    Wolak: #17,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wolak #17,040, 1,667 people Wolak: #17,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wolak #17,040, 1,667 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wolak is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish Wolak.

    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 1,667 people named Wolak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,210 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,629.

    #17,040
    rank among US surnames
    1,667
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,283)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,033Burdge1,668185,099
    #17,040Peed1,667185,210
    #17,047Croll1,666185,321

    Who is named Wolak

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

    95% of people named Wolak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wolak

    Wolak has the Soundex code W420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W420.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wolak come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Wolak.
    How common is the surname Wolak?
    1,667 people in the United States had the surname Wolak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,210 Americans. It ranked 17,040th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wolak?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wolak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wolak getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,667 in 2010, up 2.3%.