Explore the Family Name Okonski

The meaning of Okonski

Polish (Okoński): habitational name for someone from Okoń in Greater Poland, Okonin in Kuyavian-Pomeranian or Okońsk, now in Ukraine, near Lutsk, or a derivative of the nickname Okoń (see Okon).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Okonski saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Okonski ranked 35,860th in terms of popularity among surnames, but dropped marginally to 35,866th by 2010, a change of -0.02 percent. However, the total count of people with this surname increased from 592 in 2000 to 626 in 2010, representing a growth of 5.74 percent. Despite this increase in count, the proportion per 100,000 people saw a decline of -4.55 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,860	#35,866	-0.02%
Count	592	626	5.74%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.21	-4.55%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Okonski

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the vast majority of individuals with the surname Okonski identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with percentages of 96.11 and 96.01 respectively. The data indicates a negligible decrease of -0.10 in this category. On the other hand, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic remained constant at 3.04 percent. Notably, there has been a slight emergence of people identifying as belonging to two or more races in 2010, which was not recorded in 2000. Categories such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either reported as zero or suppressed for privacy (S).

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.11%	96.01%	-0.1%
Hispanic	3.04%	3.04%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0.8%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%