Explore the Family Name Kossack

The meaning of Kossack

1. Germanized form of Sorbian and Polish Kosak or Kósak, Czech and Slovak Kosák. 2. Germanized form (variant of Kossatz) of Sorbian Kósac: status name from Lower Sorbian kósac ‘cottager’. 3. North German: possibly also a folk-etymological adaptation of the Low German term Kotsasse ‘cottager’ (see Kotz) to the ethnic name Kosack ‘Cossack’ (see Kozak). Some characteristic forenames: German Hartmut, Gunther, Hermann, Reinhard.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Kossack has slightly decreased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Kossack was ranked 71,808th most common surname and it dropped to the 80,131st position in 2010, marking an 11.59% decrease. The total count of individuals with this surname also declined by 6.32%, from 253 in 2000 to 237 in 2010. This decline is paralleled in the proportion per 100,000 people, which fell by 11.11% from 0.09 in 2000 to 0.08 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#71,808	#80,131	-11.59%
Count	253	237	-6.32%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kossack

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the Kossack surname is predominantly associated with White ethnic identity. In both 2000 and 2010, there were no recorded associations of the Kossack surname with Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities. However, there was a slight increase in the association of the Kossack surname with the White ethnicity, moving from 98.02% in 2000 to 98.31% in 2010, a change of 0.30%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.02%	98.31%	0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%