Explore the Family Name Koudelka

The meaning of Koudelka

Czech: 1. nickname for someone with tow-colored hair, from a derivative of koudel ‘tow’. 2. habitational name for someone from a village in Moravia called Koudelov.

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

The surname Koudelka, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 41,657th most popular surname, but by 2010 it had fallen to 43,969th. During this same decade, the count of individuals with this surname also experienced a slight decline, dropping from 492 in 2000 to 490 in 2010. The proportion of individuals with the Koudelka surname per 100,000 people similarly decreased by 5.56%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,657	#43,969	-5.55%
Count	492	490	-0.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Koudelka

In terms of ethnicity, again according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the Koudelka surname is overwhelmingly associated with individuals identifying as White, making up 95.93% in 2000 and 95.92% in 2010. There was no significant change in this percentage over the decade. The surname did see a modest increase in association with those identifying as Hispanic, going from 1.83% in 2000 to 2.04% in 2010. However, the representation of other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native remains minimal or nonexistent. Notably, there was a small representation of individuals identifying as two or more races in 2000, but that number dropped to zero by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.93%	95.92%	-0.01%
Hispanic	1.83%	2.04%	11.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.22%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%