Explore the Family Name Kotnik

The meaning of Kotnik

Slovenian: topographic name for someone who lived in a corner of a valley or plain, derived from kot ‘corner’, or a habitational name for someone from any of several places called Kot, named with the same word.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Kotnik held rank 61,544 in popularity in the year 2000, then dropped slightly to rank 65,244 in 2010, marking a 6.01% decrease. The count of individuals with the surname remained relatively stable, with only a minor decline from 305 in 2000 to 304 in 2010, equating to a -0.33% change. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people also saw a slight decrease from 0.11 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2010, representing a drop of 9.09%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,544	#65,244	-6.01%
Count	305	304	-0.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kotnik

Looking at the ethnic identity associated with the Kotnik surname, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority identify as White, registering at 95.74% in 2000 and seeing barely any change with 95.72% in 2010. There are no records of people with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year. However, there was an increase in those identifying as Hispanic, climbing from 1.64% in 2000 to 2.63% in 2010, which is a substantial growth of 60.37%. Those who identified with two or more races were recorded at 1.97% in 2000, but no such data was available for 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.74%	95.72%	-0.02%
Hispanic	1.64%	2.63%	60.37%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.97%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%