Explore the Family Name Gondek

The meaning of Gondek

Polish: variant of Gǫdek, a nickname from Old Polish gǫdzić ‘to play on an instrument’. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Zofia, Dariusz, Ewa, Leszek, Maciej, Tadeusz, Wieslaw, Wieslawa, Wojciech.

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How common is the last name Gondek in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Gondek saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Gondek was ranked 22,688 in popularity and had a count of 1,057 individuals. By 2010, although the count of individuals with this surname increased to 1,122, its rank dropped slightly to 22,827. This represents a minor change of -0.61 in ranking and an increase of 6.15 in the count of individuals.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,688	#22,827	-0.61%
Count	1,057	1,122	6.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.39	0.38	-2.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gondek

In terms of ethnicity according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there was a marginal change in the ethnic identities associated with the surname Gondek between 2000 and 2010. In both years, the majority of individuals with the surname identified as White, with 96.69% in 2000 decreasing slightly to 96.17% in 2010. The percentage identifying as Hispanic saw a small increase from 2.08% in 2000 to 2.14% in 2010. Those identifying as Two or More Races decreased slightly from 0.95% to 0.89%. Notably, in 2010, a new group emerged with 0.53% identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, which was not represented in 2000. There were no individuals with the Gondek surname who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.69%	96.17%	-0.54%
Hispanic	2.08%	2.14%	2.88%
Two or More Races	0.95%	0.89%	-6.32%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.53%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%