Explore the Family Name Kolenovic

The meaning of Kolenovic

Bosniak and Serbian (Kolenović): nickname from Serbian kolenović ‘someone from an old, good, distinguished family. In North America, this surname is probably also an altered form of the more common Bosniak variant Koljenović.

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

The surname Kolenovic has seen a rise in popularity based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it was ranked as the 42,134th most common surname, but by 2010 it had moved up to 33,499th on the list, marking an increase of over 20%. The number of individuals carrying the Kolenovic name also grew during this decade, with a count of 485 in 2000 rising to 681 in 2010, reflecting a substantive growth of more than 40%. The proportion of Kolenovics per 100,000 people similarly increased by nearly 28% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,134	#33,499	20.49%
Count	485	681	40.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.23	27.78%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kolenovic

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that a vast majority of people with the surname Kolenovic identify as White, making up 87.84% of the total in 2000 and increasing to 98.24% by 2010. There has been a significant reduction in those identifying as having two or more races, decreasing from 11.96% in 2000 to just 0.73% in 2010. There were no respondents who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010. However, a small emergence of Hispanic identification is notable in 2010, which was not present in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.84%	98.24%	11.84%
Two or More Races	11.96%	0.73%	-93.9%
Hispanic	0%	0.73%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%