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    The surname Wozniak

    A Polish surname, carried by 8,526 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W252

    Wozniak: #4,156 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wozniak #4,156, 8,526 people Wozniak: #4,156 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wozniak #4,156, 8,526 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wozniak is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish Woźniak.

    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 8,526 people named Wozniak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,212 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,563.

    #4,156
    rank among US surnames
    8,526
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,802)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,151Jobe8,53636,170
    #4,152Rayburn8,53236,187
    #4,154McCorkle8,52936,200
    #4,156Wozniak8,52636,212

    Who is named Wozniak

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

    96% of people named Wozniak identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wozniaks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Steve Wozniak
      American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple, born 1950
    • Dagmara Wozniak
      American fencer, born 1988

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wozniak come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Woźniak.
    How common is the surname Wozniak?
    8,526 people in the United States had the surname Wozniak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,212 Americans. It ranked 4,156th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wozniak?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wozniak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wozniak?
    Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple, followed by Dagmara Wozniak.
    Where is the surname Wozniak most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wozniak in Poland.
    Is the surname Wozniak getting more or less common?
    Less common. 8,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,526 in 2010, down 0.4%.