How common is the surname Zurek?

1,442 people in the United States had the surname Zurek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,109 Americans. It ranked 18,928th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zurek?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zurek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Zurek?

Patrick Zurek, American RC bishop.

Where is the surname Zurek most common?

Wikidata records people named Zurek in the United States.

Is the surname Zurek getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,442 in 2010, down 1.6%.

The surname Zurek

A surname, carried by 1,442 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Z620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zurek is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

From Polish Żurek, Czech Žůrek, Slovak Žúrek and Slovak or Czech Žurek.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,442 people named Zurek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,109 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,465.

#18,928

rank among US surnames

1,442

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,660)

Who is named Zurek

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

96% of people named Zurek identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
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.

Famous Zureks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patrick Zurek
American RC bishop, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Zurek

Zurawski

Zurek has the Soundex code Z620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z620.

Questions

Where does the surname Zurek come from?: From Polish Żurek, Czech Žůrek, Slovak Žúrek and Slovak or Czech Žurek.
How common is the surname Zurek?: 1,442 people in the United States had the surname Zurek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,109 Americans. It ranked 18,928th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zurek?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zurek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Zurek?: Patrick Zurek, American RC bishop.
Where is the surname Zurek most common?: Wikidata records people named Zurek in the United States.
Is the surname Zurek getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,442 in 2010, down 1.6%.