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    The surname Zelinski

    A surname, carried by 1,422 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex Z452

    Zelinski: #19,123 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Zelinski #19,123, 1,422 people Zelinski: #19,123 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zelinski #19,123, 1,422 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zelinski is more common than 88.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,422 people named Zelinski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 217,121 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,444.

    #19,123
    rank among US surnames
    1,422
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,871)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,114Sereno1,423216,968
    #19,123Winebarger1,422217,121
    #19,131Byerley1,421217,273

    Who is named Zelinski

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

    95% of people named Zelinski identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Zelinski

    Zelinski has the Soundex code Z452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z452.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Zelinski?
    1,422 people in the United States had the surname Zelinski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,121 Americans. It ranked 19,123rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zelinski?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zelinski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Zelinski getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,422 in 2010, down 1.5%.